February two dragons raise their heads of customs
Shave the faucet. The second day of the second month of the lunar calendar is the day of the dragon, and the folk believe that shaving the head on this day will make people lucky and lucky. Children's haircuts, called shaving "happy heads", borrowing the auspicious time of the dragon's head, bless the healthy growth of children, and get ahead when they grow up; Adult haircuts mean saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, hoping to bring good omen and good luck. Therefore, the folk proverb says, "If you shave the head of the dragon on the second day of February, you will have a spiritual head in the year." On this day, every barber shop is full of customers.
Shrine gods. The second day of February is not only the Dragon Raising Festival but also the birthday of the Land Lord, and the "Land Festival" is also known as the "Sheri Festival". In ancient times, the Spring Society was the fifth day after the beginning of spring, and the Autumn Society was the fifth day after the beginning of autumn (E, the five elements belong to the earth). The ancients believed that the earth was born of all things, and the land god was one of the widely worshiped gods. It is believed that the land lord is responsible for the growth of the grain and the peace of the place, and the people of many places worship the god of the land on the second day of the second month.
Eat dragon food. On the second day of February, there is also a certain amount of attention to the diet, because people believe in "Longwei Dafa", so the diet on this day is mostly named after the dragon. Eating spring cakes is called "eating dragon scales", eating noodles is called "eating dragon whiskers", eating wontons is "eating dragon eyes", eating dumplings is called "eating dragon ears", cooking noodles and wontons together is called "dragon nazhu", and eating green onion cakes is called "tearing dragon skin".
What to eat when the second dragon raises its head in February.
1. Pork head meat.
Pig's head meat symbolizes the meaning of "dragon's head", on the second day of February, regardless of whether the family has money or not, they will generally buy some pig's head meat to eat, but our family is the pig's head left by their own family, because the New Year will kill a pig to celebrate the New Year, and the pig's head is just kept on February 2 and cooked cold salad to eat. It means that in the new year, start from the beginning and go smoothly.
2. Dumplings. Dumplings symbolize "dragon ears", because the shape of dumplings is more similar to the dragon's ears, so it is called "dragon ears", and the meaning of dumplings has always been more auspicious, such as dumplings wrapped in meat and vegetables have the meaning of "wealth", there is the meaning of wealth, so as long as there is an important festival, a family should make a meal of dumplings to celebrate.
3. Spring cakes. Spring cake is also known as "dragon scale", is a kind of pancake in the north, generally in the "beginning of spring" that day will be eaten, but in the dragon raised its head on this day also eat, because the cake skin is as thin as a lin, so it is called "dragon scale", this day is also called "eat dragon scale", the home practice is to burn the cake well, you can fry some leek bean sprouts, meat and vegetables and other ingredients wrapped to eat, implying a bumper harvest of grains, symbolizing wealth and contentment.
February 2nd dragon raised head taboo.
Taboo 1: Women are not allowed to give birth in their mother's home.
Women who give birth to a child must see blood, and after giving birth, some lochia will be excreted from the body, which was regarded as a very filthy thing in the past. A woman returning to her parents' house to give birth to a child is equivalent to bringing "bad luck" home, and the day when the dragon raises its head on the second day of February is equivalent to bringing good luck home, which is in conflict, so women are not allowed to give birth at their parents' home.
Taboo 2: Don't eat noodles on the second day of February.
Beijing, Henan and other places taboo to eat noodles on February 2, saying that eating noodles is eating dragon whiskers, which provoked the dragon king, and there would be a flood that year. You can't drink porridge or eat rice, people believe that porridge is dragon's blood, and rice is dragon's son. Can't spin flowers, because "February two spinning flowers, rouge dragon hair". The dragon grasp is the meaning of thunder and lightning striking people. In some places, it is forbidden to do laundry, for fear of hurting the dragon skin. The Wucheng area should not go out of the house before the sun rises, otherwise it will "kick the hoard" and smash the hope of a bumper harvest for a year.