What is the taboo on February 2? The custom of dragon raising its head is exquisite
February 2nd is the Dragon Heading Festival, which is the Dragon Head Festival.Needlework, do not say jealous, do not eat noodles taboo; at the same time, there are customs of shaving head, hiking, eating dragon food.
The taboo of the dragon rising on the second day of the second month
1.After a woman gets married, she must not spend the second month of the second month at her parents’ house
According to the customs of the old society, the newly married little daughter-in-law year before the year Afterwards, they have to serve their in-laws and husbands at their in-laws’ house.After the 16th day of the first month, they can temporarily return to their parents’ home to live as a rest day, but they can only live until the end of the first month, after which they must go home.Because after the second month of February, it is the folk spring ploughing, and you have to work in the fields.
2.Women are not allowed to give birth in their parents’ home
Women must see blood when they give birth to children, and some lochia will be excreted after childbirth, which was regarded as a very dirty thing in the past.When a woman returns to her mother’s home to give birth to a child, she brings "bad luck" home, and on the second day of the second lunar month, when the dragon looks up, she brings her good luck home, which contradicts it, so women are not allowed to give birth at her mother’s house.
3.Do not move the needle and thread, and do not need scissors
thread to the faucet.Women are not allowed to do needlework on the second day of the second lunar month.Legend has it that when a dragon wants to look up at the world, using a needle will hurt the dragon’s eyes.Before women get up, they must recite "On the second day of the second month, the dragon raises his head and the dragon does not raise his head.I raise my head." After getting up, he would use a lantern to look at the beams of the house, and while taking photos, he would recite "On the second day of the second month, look at the beams of the house, the scorpion Yusong has nowhere to hide."
4.Don’t say "jealous", change it to "use taboo"
In the dialects of the central plains of our country, because "jealous" is regarded as the level of "jealousy" The meaning of it is that on the second day of the second lunar month, because the festival itself is a festive one, people at that time were afraid of being cautious and affecting auspiciousness, so they called "taboo" as "vinegar", and using taboo means jealous.
5.Don’t eat noodles on February 2.
Beijing, Henan and other places are taboo to eat noodles on February 2.They say that eating noodles means eating dragon’s whiskers, which provokes the Dragon King.There will be floods that year.Can not drink porridge, eat rice, people think porridge is dragon blood, rice is dragon son.You can’t spin flowers, because "spinning flowers on the second day of the second month of the second month of the second month will make you feel like a dragon." Dragon catch means lightning strikes people.Do not do laundry in some places, for fear of hurting the dragon skin.In the Wucheng area, it is forbidden to go out of the house before the sun rises, otherwise it will "kick the hoard" and destroy the hope of a bumper harvest in the year.
Folk Customs of the Dragon Head Festival on February 2
1.Shaving the head
Physiologically, because many people believe in the saying "don’t shave the head in the first month", leading to By February, the hair is already long and it is time to shave for the necessary hygiene.Apart from objective factors, subjectively it is naturally for the sake of auspiciousness.After all, this day is the day when the dragon raises its head, and many places set this day as the day to shave the head.
2.Don’t do needlework
The ancients believed that ghosts and gods are connected with the mortal world, so they will come to the mortal world on certain days.Therefore, if mortals act inadvertently to offend ghosts and spirits, they will bring disaster.The second day of the second lunar month is the day when the dragon god came to the mortal world.If you do needlework at this time, the dragon god will regard it as disrespectful.In addition, there are places where clothes are not washed on this day, because they are worried that the dragon skin will be damaged when washing clothes.
3.Spring outing
The second spring outing in February was said to have originated in the Tang Dynasty.At that time, people in Chang’an would make an appointment with their partners to go out for an outing on the second day of February in order to enrich their spare time..In their opinion, when spring comes, the air in the wild is fresh, and walking around can cultivate their sentiments, relax their body and mind, and prepare for the hard work in the new year.
4.Eat dragon food
February 2 is the day when the dragon god comes, people will pay much attention to their diet on this day.Dragon name.For example, some places will steam spring cakes before February 2.Eating spring cakes is called "eat dragon scales", eating noodles is called "eat dragon whiskers", eating wontons is called "eat longan", and eating dumplings is called "eat dragon ears" "; If you boil noodles and chaos together, it is also called "Dragon Nazhu", and eating green onion wraps is also called "eat dragon skin".
5.Worshiping ancestors and worshiping gods
"Worshiping ancestors and worshipping gods" was an indispensable activity in major festivals in ancient times.I will protect myself in the dark.
6.Children’s Pen Opening Ceremony
The third day of the second lunar month is the birthday of Emperor Wenchang, so the "pen opening ceremony" is held on the second day of the second lunar month.Maybe this custom is less common in modern times.Someone knows.In ancient society, scholars were required to perform four rituals before reading, among which "opening a pen" was also called the first of the four rituals, indicating that the study would officially begin.In the form of custom, the reading is endowed with a grand sense of ritual, so that you can take this matter more seriously.
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