February 2 is the traditional festival of our country, the dragon is also known as the Spring Dragon Festival in the folk, so on this day, I don't know how much you know about the dragon raising its head? The following is a brief introduction to the 2024 Dragon Heads Up Haircut Time for everyone, welcome to refer to it.
What time is the 2024 dragon heads-up haircut time?
7:00-9:00 a.m. Hair cut: Ryuko boarded the plane and ascended to the throne;
10:00-12:00 a.m. Hair cut: the title of the gold list, outstanding talent;
13:00-14:00 noon hair cutting: like the sun is in the sky, big things come naturally;
15:00-16:00 Hair cut: Wealth is rolling, and the day is making money.
Tips: You can actually cut your hair at any time of the day, but pinching the time to cut it will have a better meaning. )
There is no fixed time to cut the dragon's hair on the day it looks up, but it is generally believed that it is better in the morning. Haircut is the traditional custom of the Dragon Head Festival, because there is a saying that there is no haircut in the first month, so on the second day of February, it has become a link for people to compete for haircuts.
The custom of raising the head of the dragon
1. [Haircut] - shaving the faucet.
Folk known as the first month of the year does not cut hair, out of the first month, to the beginning of February two dragon raised the day, everyone went to the haircut, said that "February two shaved dragon head, a year has a spirit head", there are some other sayings, the older generation of the family often say, on this day of haircuts, can be good luck, lucky stars, especially in the family with children, will go to the haircut on this day, so the barber shop on the second day of February is particularly lively, children "shave their heads", hope to get ahead, It contains the expectations of parents for their children, and adults have haircuts and facial trimmings to make themselves look radiant, but in fact, it is more about people's yearning for a better life.
2. [Eat noodles] - Fulong's beard.
The noodles are smooth, soft, slender and long and the shape of the dragon's whisker is very similar, and it is believed in the folk that eating noodles on the head of the dragon's whisker means that it is a respect for the dragon king, and I hope that the new year will be smooth; Therefore, on the second day of February, noodles are the staple food in many places, and the slender and long noodles also mean that good days will last a long time.
3. [Spring Cake] - Touch the dragon scales.
Eating spring cakes was originally a custom of Lichun, and then slowly the second dragon raised its head in February to eat spring cakes, spring cakes are actually a very thin cake, and when eating, roll the vegetables you like to eat in it, which is to eat spring cakes. In the past, it was the emperor who gave the White House spring cakes, and now it is the housewives who make them for their families to eat, praying for a bumper harvest in the new year, which is also a form of welcoming spring. In the "Three Character Classic", it is said that "rice and sorghum, wheat millet, these six grains, people eat", in which the wheat is wheat, so eating spring cakes also has the meaning of abundant grains and full barns.
Fourth, [dumplings] - eat dragon ears.
Folks believe that the appearance of dumplings is very similar to that of "dragon ears", so on this day, dumplings are also eaten in many places, and dumplings with meat and vegetables are eaten, and the homonym of "meat and vegetables" is "wealth", so eating dumplings on this day has the meaning of rolling wealth.
5. [Fried cake] - eat gentian.
On the second day of February, many northern regions will eat fried cakes, the color of fried cakes is golden, in the hearts of the common people, and gentian is very similar, so this day will eat fried cakes.
6. [Longan] - Eat Longan.
"Longan" is a fruit longan, rich in nutrition, sweet and juicy taste, rich in vitamins, iron, elements, glucose, etc., has the effect of nourishing qi and blood, because longan and "longan" have the same name, so many places will eat longan on February 2 every year, I hope that children can eat longan to be deaf and clear.
The traditional food of the dragon raising its head
1. Green onion cake. In some places, the cake eaten on the second day of February is called "dragon scale cake", and the pancake or scallion oil pancake is eaten on this day in Luliang area, which is called "uncovering the dragon skin". In addition to eating pancakes in Taiyuan on this day, there are also eating dumplings, which is called "eating dragon ears", and Jinnan must eat twist flowers and sprinkles on this day, which is called "gnawing dragon bones".
2. Dumplings and donkeys roll (wealth rolling).
On the day of "the dragon raises its head", pay attention to eating "meat and vegetable dumplings", take the homonym of "meat and vegetables" "wealth", and send a message to the meaning of the New Year's wealth; In the customs of old Beijing, people like to buy "donkey rolling" on the second day of the second lunar month to taste, soybean flour noodles wrapped in bean paste filling, round appearance, also has the meaning of "wealth rolling".
3. Stir-fry the beans.
In the northwest, Gansu Minxian and other places have the habit of eating fried beans, indicating the beginning of spring, the second meeting of February in Minxian County, people buy big pineapples to go home to honor the elderly, so the second temple fair in February is also called "pineapple meeting".
4. Waist cake.
Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai regions retain the custom of eating "waist cake" on February 2, which means that after eating cake, there will be no backache in that year.
5. Noodles. Northerners like to eat a bowl of "dragon beard noodles" on this day to ask for a "good fortune". The dragon beard noodles evolved from the Shandong rolling noodles, because the stretched noodles are as thin as hair, and the boiling water is like a silver dragon entering the sea, so it is named. "Dragon beard noodles" has a beautiful meaning of smooth and smooth.
6. Flags.
The common people of Zibo have the custom of eating fried noodles and flags. It is a dough sheet cut into a diamond shape, and the dried dough flag is heated and fried with white resistant soil.
7. Fried noodles. In the area of Beixiang, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, every February 2, every household eats fried noodles, because the fried noodles look like insects, which means that everyone works together to fry the insects and eat them all. On the second day of February, the food is mostly in the name of the dragon, all of which is to awaken the dragon king and pray for the dragon king's blessing of good weather and good harvest in the year.