What is the festival of February 2nd and what are the customs?
The second day of the second month is the Dragon Head Festival, also known as Dragon Heads Up, Spring Dragon Festival, etc.On this day, in order to celebrate the festival, people will cut their hair, eat noodles, avoid scorpions, and worship the gods of the land.The series of customs can be described as a very important traditional festival.
February 2nd Festival Introduction
February 2nd Dragon Raises its Head, a traditional Han folk festival in the lunar calendar, February 2nd folk proverb, popular in most parts of the country; There are different customs and activities, and it is also known as the Flower Dynasty Festival, the Outing Festival, the Picking Lai Festival, the Spring Dragon Festival, the Qinglong Festival, and the Dragon Heading Day.In northern my country, there is a widely circulated folklore:every second day of the second lunar month is the day when the Dragon King, who is in charge of clouds and rain, raises his head; from then on, the rain will gradually increase.Therefore, this day is called "Spring Dragon Festival".There is a popular saying in northern China, "On the second day of the second month, the dragon raises its head; the warehouse is full, and the warehouse flows."
February 2nd Festival Customs
After the Ming Dynasty, February 2nd folk activities include attracting dragons, smoking a hundred insects, avoiding scorpions, shaving dragon heads, offering sacrifices to the Dragon King, and avoiding needles Longan stabbing, etc., is recorded in the "Wanshu Miscellaneous Notes" by Shen Bang of the Ming Dynasty:"The villagers use ash to euphemistically spread into the house kitchen from outside the door, circle the water tank, and call the dragon back."
In Guangdong In Suixi County, Zhanjiang City, "the second day of the second month of the second month" is said to be the birthday of the god of the earth, which is called "the birthday of the earth".The god of the earth is in charge of good weather and the safety of people and animals, so he is admired by people.On this day, the villages that believe in the god of the earth are prevalent in performing white operas, performing Li songs (Leizhou songs), Cantonese opera, killing pigs to "do clubs", and in Li dialect (Leizhou dialect) called "doing the crowd", worshiping the gods of the earth, and finishing the ceremony , divide "social meat" equally according to the number of households, and then divide "social money" according to households.This custom has been followed in some rural areas of Suixi County to this day.
In Ziyan Township, Xichong County, Sichuan Province, "February 2nd" is a bittersweet anniversary.There is a local child-seller who sells baby houses, which are poor people in old China who have no money and will have difficulty raising them.The children got the historical proof that they were sold in the market on February 2.
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