On February 2, the dragon raises its head, the wind and rain are smooth!
The old people said that on February 2, the dragon raised its head, also known as "Spring Ploughing Festival", "Agricultural Festival", "Spring Dragon Festival", is one of the traditional Chinese cultural festivals, everyone knows the dragon raises its head, knows the source of the dragon's head but little recognition.
According to legend, the dragon raised its head from a very touching story! In ancient times, when the time of sacrifice to the heavens came, an emperor delayed the best time to sacrifice, which made the emperor Jade Emperor very angry, and the Jade Emperor ordered that the dragon king should not rain for three years. After that, there was a drought, the crops in the fields died of thirst, and the water in the river dried up.
There is no food produced in the fields, and the people are hungry. Everyone had nothing to eat, fell ill, and everyone showed empty eyes. At this time, Qinglong, the youngest son of the Dragon King, was kind-hearted, watching people suffer, and he couldn't bear to see the people suffering and starving, so he took advantage of the Jade Emperor's banquet to secretly rain on the world. The Jade Emperor was furious when he learned about this. So the Jade Emperor punished the green dragon and pressed him under a large mountain, and a stone tablet was erected under the mountain, which read: "The green dragon rains against the rules of the heavens, and should be punished by the world." If you want to re-ascend the Lingxiao Hall, unless the golden beans are in bloom. ”
After the people learned of this, watching the green dragon suffer, everyone couldn't bear to be very anxious. Everyone tried everything but could not come up with a way to make the golden beans bloom. After a year, until the second day of the second lunar month of the following year, people began to take out a lot of soybeans and corn seeds to dry.
An old man who was almost ancient suddenly saw that these golden soybeans and corn seemed to resemble golden beans. So the old man did not hesitate to go home and ask his wife to take soybeans and corn to the pot and fry them to see if these things changed. Not long after frying, the moisture in the soybeans and corn disappeared into the air, so they all crackled and exploded. The old man's face bloomed with a smile when he saw it, "Yay! Golden beans are blooming! Golden beans are blooming! ”
The news immediately spread throughout the village, and the old man taught the method to the villagers. Spread by ten, everyone began to stir-fry soybeans and corn one after another. After stir-frying, each family set up a table in their house, lit an incense burner, and offered stir-fried soybeans and corn.
When the Dragon King learned of this, he invited the Jade Emperor to the South Heavenly Gate to watch. The Jade Emperor saw that every house in the world was offering flowering "golden beans", and had to order the release of the green dragon and recall him to the Lingxiao Hall. After this incident, the Jade Emperor also ordered the Green Dragon to assist the Dragon King to spread clouds and rain in the world. Then, the clear sky thundered, the mountain was split, only to hear a loud "pop", the green dragon broke through the rock, raised its head and roared, and flew into the air!
Finally, the green dragon flew into the sky and stretched its body. Suddenly, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and the sound of thunder resounded in the sky. The figure of the green dragon appeared on the heads of the common people, circling a few times, intending to thank the people for saving them. The people looked up at the green dragon, and joy welled up in their hearts.
Not only that, but it poured rain in the sky, and people were moved, joyed, and happily embraced together. It was as if the rain was the tears shed by the green dragon, moisturizing all things on the earth. In an instant, the earth began to revive, and in the heavens and the earth, the mountains were once again full of life. The common people began to reap the harvest, and the wind and rain were smooth and grateful. Since then, the touching story of "February 2, the dragon raised its head" has survived to this day. Every year on the second day of February, in order to thank Qinglong, everyone fried soybeans and fried corn flowers to eat. At the same time, it also expresses people's good wishes for smooth weather and abundant grains.
Slowly, the dragon's head raised and many customs and habits were derived.
For example, if the second dragon of February raises its head, there are 3 things to be avoided
1. Do not move needle and thread
Legend has it that moving needles and threads will poke dragons in the eyes. "Records of the Age of Yanjing": "On the second day of February, the ancient Zhonghe festival. Stop needlework in the harem, fear of hurting the dragon. "So, on this day, put the needlework back and avoid doing it again.
2. Do not carry water
On the night when the second dragon looks up, the dragon will come out to move, and the dragon will be disturbed by the well or river to fetch water
3. Do not grind the surface
The grinding surface will be squeezed to the dragon's head, and those with stone grinding will also support the upper fan of the millstone, "grinding into a tiger, grinding into a dragon", the purpose of this is for the dragon to ascend to heaven.
February Erlong raised his head and wanted to eat 3 samples
This represents a strong desire to pray for the blessing of the dragon.
1. Eat dragon ears
On February 2, people made dumplings according to the seasonal vegetables of the time, but no matter what kind of dumplings were filled, the dumplings in this meal were called eating "dragon ears".
2. Eat dragon whiskers
"Records of the Age of Yanjing": "On the second day of February, the ancient Zhonghe festival. Today, the dragon raises its head. Noodle eaters call it dragon's beard noodles." The noodles look like dragon's whiskers, and no matter what noodles you eat on the day the dragon looks up, as long as they are strips, such as braised noodles, fried sauce noodles, pot noodles, braised corn noodles, etc.
3. Eat faucet meat
Some people will say, if you eat leopard bile, where to eat dragon head meat?
In some areas, the pig's head is left as early as the time of killing the pig, and on the first day of February 2, the pig's head is cleaned up, burned, scraped, boiled (boiled), and some spices such as green onions, ginger, star anise, etc., the aroma wafts all over the house. In fact, the pig's head is the dragon's head, which means auspicious.
February Erlong raised his head and had to do 3 things
1. Haircut
On this day, the barbershop is sure to be full, and both adults and children will go for a haircut to please a good head. There is also the meaning of good luck when shaving your head.
2. Knock on the faucet and smoke the bed and illuminate the beam
Ming Ren's "Imperial Scenery Strategy" said: "On the second day of February, the dragon raised its head... Smoked bed kang, known as smoked insects, for the dragon worm does not come out. "
That is to say, on the second day of February, in ancient times, the countryside used to beat the beams of the house or the kang with a stick, called "knocking on the dragon's head", to wake up the dragon grandfather and bless auspicious.
3. Hoard grain
The folk proverb "On the second day of February, the dragon raises its head; Okura Man, Ogura Flow", has been circulating in the north. On this day, farmers take ash from under their pots and stoves and draw circles on the ground. The circle of the fence is large and small, as few as three rolls, as many as five volumes, and the encirclement is not double. After encircling the warehouse, religiously put the grain in the house in the warehouse, symbolizing a bumper harvest.
On the day the dragon raised its head, the customs of the northern region were: combine food, dragon dance and other customs with the "dragon" and pray for more rain; In the southern region, it is "land worship", and there are various customs such as worship of shrines and gods. In short, everyone hopes that this year will go smoothly and have a good hope.
At ten o'clock tonight, remember the dragon raised his head and ⊙∀⊙! I wish everyone a happy dragon looking up!!