Chinese
Junyu
+
The price of shaving your head is going to increase today
The second day of the second month of the lunar calendar is the first grand festival after the first month, also known as the Dragon Head Festival, the Spring Ploughing Festival, the Green Dragon Festival, and the Spring Dragon Festival.
The spring breeze blows, everything wakes up, and in the mid-spring night sky, the dragon's horn star rises from the horizon.
The ancients believed that the dragon was the faith of the Chinese, which could ward off evil spirits and disasters, transport good fortune, and protect the descendants of the dragon.
Therefore, people knock on the dragon's head, welcome the dragon back, shave the dragon's head, eat dragon food, etc., to pray for a new year of auspiciousness, smooth wind and rain, and peace and smoothness.
February 2, is an auspicious day. May your good fortune be the head, may the epidemic end as soon as possible, may the country be safe and the people, and may the world be at peace.
"Dragon Head" originates from the worship of natural celestial phenomena, and is related to people's understanding of the movement of the stars and farming culture in ancient times.
The ancients divided the twenty-eight stars in the sky into four directions, southeast, and northwest, and the seven stars in the east were "dragons".
Due to the relative motion of the Earth and the Sun, the positions of the seven stars are also constantly changing, like the activity of a giant dragon.
In winter, the "dragon" lies on the horizon and cannot be observed, and on the second day of the first month of the second month of the lunar calendar, the "dragon horn" of the "dragon", the star of the horn, will emerge on the eastern horizon, that is, the "dragon head".
This heavenly "dragon" is one of the sources of the totem of primitive faith in ancient times. Since then, the dragon has been an auspicious thing and the master of the weathered rain.
The ancients used stars to mark the four seasons, and the dragon looked up and began the rainy season, preparing for spring ploughing.
There is a saying in the Book of Rites: "The stings are salty, and the opening of the household begins to come out", people hope to be blessed by the auspicious dragon, the hundred insects are destroyed, the wind and rain are smooth, and the grain is abundant.
February 2 as a festival, sprouted during the Tang and Song dynasties. However, it became a national festival and appeared in the literature after the Yuan Dynasty.
It is said that Tang Dezong believes that February is the beginning of the revival of all things, and there is no festival that cannot be said.
So Prime Minister Li Bi suggested abolishing the old calendar, which used to be the last day of the first month as a festival, and placing the day of celebration on the second day of the first month of February when the spring is in full bloom, which is both a good omen for the dragon to rise up and a sense of ceremony at the beginning of the year.
In the Yuan Dynasty, February 2 was officially finalized as a festival.
In ancient times, farming was an important day, so many customs were spread and passed down to this day.
On this day, people knock on the dragon's head, eat dragon food, shave the dragon's head, raise the dragon boat, and so on.
There are many activities related to "Dragon Head", but either way, they revolve around the belief in the beautiful dragon god.
It is an activity in which people pin their hopes for survival. As far as the whole country is concerned, due to different regions, local customs are also different.
Today let's take a look at what are the festival customs of dragon heads.
■ Knock on the faucet
The second of February is for the middle of spring, when also, all things come out and the vitality is wanton.
In the early morning of this day, people will hit the beams of the house with long poles, called "knocking on the dragon's head", awakening the sleeping dragon, scaring away the snakes and scorpions, and keeping the family safe.
Although not everyone in contemporary society has farmland, everyone has a heart field, and the cultivation of the heart field needs to be diligent and carefully cared for.
On this day, it is best to shake off the dust of old thoughts, and in the days to come, absorb nutrition, enrich yourself, and harvest a richer life.
Good year, the beginning of spring, I wish your heart field to be nourished for a long time, never dry up.
■ Eat dragon food
Food is always the simplest and most sincere wish, and the food eaten on February 2, whether it is common or fresh, must be related to the "dragon".
In the morning, you have to boil water, cook a bowl of hot dragon's whisker noodles, and then lay down an egg, garnish some green onions, the dragon's whisker noodles are slender as silk, the entrance is smooth, there is a rustic noodle fragrance, simple, and falling stomach.
The dumplings wrapped on this day should also be wrapped in the shape of willow leaves, and they should be placed one by one, like "dragon teeth".
If you eat cake, remember to pad a few more layers of oil, and the baked crust has a circle of golden puff pastry, called "dragon scales".
Some places also have "dragon's eye", "dragon tongue", "dragon's ear" and "dragon egg", which is the simple ritual of people on the second day of February.
■ Shave the faucet
The mid-spring dragon appears, which is called hair growth, and the folk believe that shaving the head on the second of February is also the dominant head and has a good intention.
Also because of the old custom, you can't shave your head during the first month. Therefore, on the second day of February, many people will go to get a haircut, called "shaving the dragon's head".
On the second day of the first month of February, take children to shave their heads, called "shaving their heads", in order to grow up healthily.
Adults shave their heads for a good year. The old ones don't go, the new ones don't come, the new year has a new atmosphere, and good luck goes with you.
Explaining that | "Chinese Exquisite Life" is committed to the inheritance of Chinese life aesthetics, this article is compiled for the aesthetics of poetic life, only exchange and learning, not commercial, thanks to the original author.