The second day of the second month of the lunar calendar is a very important festival in the folk. People call this day "Dragon Head Up"! After February 2, as the weather gradually warmed up, agricultural production gradually began to become busy, so a festival as grand as the first month was rare, so the second day of February in the lunar calendar has become a festival that people attach great importance to.
On this day, people have to carry out a lot of activities, such as "leading the dragon", "shaving the head", "worshipping the land god" and so on. On the second day of February in the lunar calendar, the day when the dragon looks up, many people in the folk will eat "dragon food" on this day to pray for a whole year of good health and good luck.
What does the folk "dragon food" refer to? How many are there?
【Food dragon head, no worries】
The first dragon food is the "dragon head".
The so-called "food dragon head" in the folk actually refers to "pork head meat". Pork, whether in ancient times or now, is one of the most important means of life for folk people. In ancient times, because pigs could be traded as commodities, and they also had the characteristics of being easy to feed and having many children, they were regarded as a symbol of preciousness, auspiciousness and wealth!
Therefore, on the second day of February, people have the saying that "the dragon head is eaten, and the wealth is not worried".
【February 2, Dragon Ear Eater】
The second type of dragon food is "dragon ears".
Folk dragon ears refer to "dumplings". In the folk, dumplings are a very popular food, especially northerners, no matter what the festival, will eat dumplings to celebrate.
In February, the second dragon looks up, and dumplings, as dragon ears, are naturally also an indispensable food on the tables of many people in the folk.
【Fulong whiskers, more than a year】
The third type of dragon food is "dragon whiskers".
The so-called "dragon whiskers" refers to the "dragon whisker noodles", and many places will also use noodles instead. Eating dragon whisker noodles requires chopsticks to set up the noodles, and folk believe that this action is the meaning of "helping dragon whiskers", showing respect for the dragon king.
We often say "sneaking around and patting horses", in ancient times, in order to please the prime minister, a person saw that there were grains of rice on the beard of the prime minister, so he personally went forward to obediently clean up the beard of the prime minister.
And we eat dragon whisker noodles, help the dragon whiskers, in fact, is also to please the Dragon King, I hope that this year the wind and rain will be smooth, there will be a good harvest!
【Biting dragon scales, earth raw gold】
The fourth type of dragon food is "dragon scales".
People compare spring cakes to dragon scales, and on February 2, people in many places eat spring cakes to welcome the beginning of the new year. The reason why they eat spring cake is because the ancients believed that other animals such as carp and snakes, if they want to transform into dragons, they must fade their original scales, and growing dragon scales will be the symbol of dragons.
Folk february 2 eat dragon scales, in fact, the ancestors are to pray for their own life in the new year, will also take off like a dragon!
【Huang Longdan, Tian Chanwan】
The fifth type of dragon food is "Dragon Dan".
The so-called Long Dan is actually corn. After each dragon has achieved cultivation, there will be a dragon dan. And Long Dan is the core of the dragon and the clouds soaring all over the world and the clouds and raining. It is said that one day, a yellow dragon saw a great drought in the world, so he did not ask the Jade Emperor to play, and privately spread the rain on his own. In order to punish him, the Jade Emperor took out the Dragon Dan and said that as long as the Dragon Dan blossomed, he would let it go. Folk ancestors, grateful for huanglong's help, so they used corn kernels instead of huanglongdan, and fried corn to blossom after a fire, doesn't it mean that huanglongdan blossoms?
Eating "Long Dan" on the second of February is also the same old ancestor praying for a harvest year!
【Eat dragon teeth, put the fortune】
The sixth type of dragon food is "dragon teeth".
The folk call dragon's tooth refers to "wonton". In our folk, dragons are auspicious creatures, so the dragon's body is full of auspicious breath everywhere. In folklore, the appearance of the ravioli is very similar to the dragon's tooth. Therefore, people "eat dragon teeth" in the hope that they can stain the blessings of the dragon, and have a harvest year, a year of fortune!
As the saying goes, ten miles are different winds, and a hundred miles are different customs. Many folk customs are determined according to the different folk customs of different places, but no matter what kind of customs, they are actually people's expectations for a better life. February 2 is approaching, eat dragon food, accumulate good luck, the Year of the Tiger is a great luck!