February 2 is the first auspicious day after the first lunar month. On the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, the horns and two stars in the Seven Houses of the East gradually rise from the horizon, so people call this day "dragon head". In addition, February 2 is the time of stinging weather, at this time everything is recovering, spring rain is coming, it is the day when spring ploughing begins, so there is also a folk saying that "February two dragons look up, and everyone makes small households plough cattle".
In addition, on such an auspicious day as February 2, the ancestors of the people have a lot of exquisiteness. From these exquisite, we can see the love of the ancestors of the people for life and the pursuit of a better life!
Folk have the old tradition of "1 photo, 2 taboos, 3 places", these old traditions, alluding to the year of the tiger dragon leaping tiger, after the beginning of the year, good luck is continuous.
Folk saying "1 photo" refers to "taking the house beam".
There are many folk sayings about "taking care of the house beam". There is a folk saying that "on the second of February, the beam of the house, the scorpion centipede has nowhere to hide". The reason why I want to take care of the beam is because from the second of February, the weather warms up, everything recovers, and the insects begin to move. In order to ensure the safety of the home, on this day people have to drive away the scorpion centipede and other insects hidden in the home.
In many places, people must say "February 2nd, the dragon looks up, the dragon does not look up, I look up!" before getting up!" After getting up, I looked at the beam again, and said while taking a picture, "On the second of February, look at the beam, the scorpion centipede has nowhere to hide."
The so-called "2 taboos" are said to avoid moving needles and threads and avoid carrying water from wells.
Folk on the second day of February, there will be many taboos, no matter what kind of taboo, it is to pray for the wind and rain to be smooth, and the grain is abundant. The old ancestor regarded the dragon as an auspicious thing, and it was also a great god who ruled the clouds and rain in the sky. February 2 is an important day for the dragon to raise its head, and the folk believe that only on February 2, the dragon raises its head, and the wind and rain will be smooth for a whole year!
Therefore, on the day when the second dragon looks up in February, people must pay great attention to it and must not hurt the "dragon". Therefore, the folk will not be careless on this day, because they are afraid of hurting the dragon's eyes; before february 2, they will store the water to be used on this day, because they will not draw water from the well on this day, because they are afraid of touching the "dragon head".
Next, say "Sprinkle in three places."
On the second day of February, in fact, one of the most important customs is "sprinkling ashes and attracting dragons".
On this day, people will use ash and start from outside the door to the inside of the house. People call it "leading the dragon back", which means to lead the dragon to their own home and help themselves drive away evil spirits. In fact, the main role of the "dragon" is to smoke insects and prevent them from destroying farmland and houses.
The so-called "three places" means that when the dragon is introduced, the three places in the home must be sprinkled, and different places will have different exquisite and sayings.
The first is to be sprinkled in front of the door, sprinkled in front of the door, which means to stop the evil spirits outside the door and avoid disasters and remove harm; the second is to be sprinkled in the corner of the wall, and the sprinkling in the corner of the wall means to remove pests, so that they cannot harm the house and crops, even the people in the family; the third is to be sprinkled by the well, or next to the water tank, sprinkled here in order to pray for a whole year to be able to adjust the wind and rain and the grain is abundant!
There are many customs of February 2, although the customs of different places are different, but people take advantage of the day when the second dragon rises in February to pray for a healthy life and a smooth wind and rain.
In February, the second dragon looked up, respecting the old folk traditions and inheriting the ancient Chinese civilization. On the second day of February, dip the dragon qi, ride the black tiger, the dragon leaps and the tiger leaps, good luck!