What activities are there during the Dragon Raising Festival? What to eat that day?
Different festivals have different activities. The activities during the Dragon Raising its Head are also more popular. So, let’s take a look at what activities are there during the Dragon Raising its Head on February 2? What to eat that day? In late winter and early spring, the air is chilly, but the earth is full of vitality. For an analysis of your fortune in February, welcome to Shuimoxiansheng.com’s special topic for February of the lunar calendar in 2022. See you as scheduled!What activities are there during the Dragon Raising Festival?Activity 1: Worship the Kitchen GodFebruary 2 is both the Dragon Raising Head Festival and the birthday of the God of Land. The "Birthday of the God of Land" is also called the "Community Day Festival." Therefore, there is also a custom of offering sacrifices to the god of the land on this day. According to folk customs, every time the sowing or harvest season comes, farmers must set up a community to offer sacrifices, pray for or reward the god of the land. Activity 2: Shave the dragon head Cutting hair on the day when the dragon raises its head is one of the customs. It is also called shaving the dragon's head. Children have their heads cut on this day to bless them to grow up healthily and become successful when they grow up; adults get a haircut to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, hoping to bring good luck and a smooth new year. Activity 3: Introducing Tianlong Yintianlong is one of the activities that belong to the Dragon Raising its Head on the Second Day of the Second Month. In some parts of my country, every household carries a lantern and goes to the well or river to fetch water in the morning on this day. When they return home, they light lamps, burn incense and offer sacrifices. In the old days, people called this ceremony "Yintianlong". Activity 4: Knocking on the faucet In the Northeast region of my country, there is a custom of knocking the dragon head on that day. In some parts of the Northeast, people hit the beams of the house with a long pole on the morning of February 2, which is called "knocking the dragon head." Wake up the dragon and bring peace to the area. What should we eat on the Dragon Raising Day?1. Eat dragon foodThere are certain dietary requirements on the second day of the second lunar month. People in the north often eat food named after dragons on this day. Eating spring pancakes is called "eating dragon scales", eating noodles is called "eating dragon whiskers", eating wontons is called "eating dragon eyes", eating dumplings is called "eating dragon ears", cooking noodles and wontons together is called "dragon pearls", and eating scallion pancakes is called "tearing dragon skin". In some places, there is also the custom of eating "dragon eyes", "dragon whiskers", "dragon tongue", "dragon ears", "dragon skin", "dragon seeds", "dragon eggs", as well as spring pancakes and pig heads. Everything is based on symbols and meanings related to the dragon. These all reflect people's strong desire to pray for the dragon's blessing. 2. Eat jelly beans and popcorn In northern China, farmers start preparing ingredients for stir-fried sugar beans after the second day of the second lunar month. On the morning of February 2, every household stir-fries peanuts and soybeans with sugar. In some places they are called sugar beans, in some places they are called scorpion beans, and some people even make popcorn. 3. Eating pig head There is also a saying about eating pig's head on the second day of the second lunar month. Since ancient times, offering sacrifices to gods have always required the use of three animals: pigs, cattle and sheep. Later, it was simplified to the heads of the three animals, and the pig head was one of them. |
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