What special days are there in February?

The special day in February is when the second dragon raises its head.

The Dragon Heads Up (the second day of the second lunar month), also known as Spring Plowing Festival, Farming Festival, Green Dragon Festival, Spring Dragon Festival, etc., is a traditional Chinese folk festival. "Dragon" refers to the seven-constellation star of the Eastern Blue Dragon among the twenty-eight constellations. At the beginning of the first month of the second month of every year, the "Dragon-horned Star" rises from the eastern horizon, so it is called "Dragon Heads Up".

The day when the dragon raises its head is at the end of February, and the month of February is called Mao; "Mao" is one of the twelve earthly branches, the five elements belong to wood, and the hexagram is "Zhen"; the ninety-two are in the Lin hexagram. In the earthquake, the earthquake is a dragon, which means that the dragon has left its latent state and has appeared on the surface, emerging as a vigorous elephant.

In farming culture, it is marked that Yang Qi comes out from the ground, Yang Qi grows, rain increases, everything is full of vitality, and spring plowing begins. Since ancient times, people have regarded the Day when the Dragon Raises Its Head as a day to pray for blessings, receive good fortune, and ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters.

The folk custom of "dragon raising its head"

In ancient times, in some areas of northern my country, on February 2nd, people gathered around to store grain, lure dragons from the fields, knock on roof beams, get haircuts, fry and stew, and eat pig heads. It is the custom to eat meat, noodles, dumplings, jelly beans, pancakes, and avoid using needlework.

For Najib’s sake, the food eaten on the second day of February is named after “dragon”. The noodles are not called “noodles” but called “dragon beard noodles”; the dumplings are called “dragon ears” ", "dragon horn"; rice is called "dragon son"; pancakes baked into the shape of dragon scales are called "dragon scale cakes".

Boiling noodles and wontons together is called "Longnazhu"; eating pig heads is called "eating dragon heads"; eating scallion pancakes is called "tearing dragon skin". Everything is based on symbols and meanings related to dragons.

In addition to the above customs, folk often hold various activities to celebrate Najib, such as dragon dancing, wearing dragon tails, opening pens, etc. Dragon dance, when a good year comes, ordinary people will work together to make a dragon. On February 2nd, they will go to the streets to dance the dragon to celebrate, hoping for another bumper harvest in the new year under the protection of the dragon.