On February 2 nd, what does the dragon mean by looking up?

The proverb "On February 2nd, the dragon looks up"

Basic explanation:

Every year on the second day of the second lunar month, it is commonly known as Qinglong Festival, also known as Spring Farming Festival, Farming Festival, Qinglong Festival and Spring Dragon Festival. Legend has it that it is the day when dragons raise their heads, which is a traditional festival in urban and rural areas of China. People celebrate the "Dragon Head Festival" to show respect for the dragon, pray for rain and let God bless the harvest.

In farming culture, "the dragon looks up" means that the sun is shining, the rain is increasing, everything is full of vitality, and spring ploughing begins. Since ancient times, people have also regarded the Dragon Rise Day as a day to pray for good weather, ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters, and accept good luck.

Extended data:

First, the meaning of the dragon looking up

"Dragon" refers to the astrology of the oriental black dragon in seven of the twenty-eight lodges. At the beginning of mid-spring every year, the "Dragon Horn Star" rises from the eastern horizon, so it is called "Dragon Head Up".

The formation of Erlongshan's rise in early February is related to the natural geographical environment. On the second day of February, Dragon Head Lifting Festival is mainly popular in the northern region. Due to the perennial drought and lack of rain, surface water resources are scarce in the northern region, and the agricultural production that depends on it cannot be separated from water. The invasion of pests and diseases is also a major disaster for crops. Therefore, people's psychology of praying for rain and removing pests and diseases is reflected in their daily beliefs, and the Dragon Head-lifting Festival on February 2 is particularly important for people: relying on the worship of dragons to exorcise evil spirits and win happiness has entrusted people's yearning for a better life-the dragon god protects the world, people and animals are safe, and the grain is abundant. On the day when the dragon looked up, snakes and dragons washed clothes together to wash away bad luck.

"The Rise of the Dragon" originates from the worship of natural phenomena, which is related to ancient people's understanding of the operation of stars and farming culture. Although the "Dragon Rise" has a long history, it only became a national festival after the Yuan Dynasty and appeared in literature. There are many activities related to "the dragon looks up", but no matter which way, they are all around the beautiful dragon god belief. It is an activity that people place their hopes for survival.

Second, briefly describe the origin of the proverb "On February 2nd, the dragon looks up"

On the second day of the second lunar month, the reason why it is called Dragon Head-raising Festival is actually related to the ancient astronomical phenomena, but the rain gradually became abundant on the second day of February.

The "February 2" in the ancient population is also related to the stars and farming. The ancients guessed the weather by looking at the stars, so as to guide the people to recuperate and cultivate and harvest.

Therefore, they will set the stars near the ecliptic as 28 groups, that is, "28 stars", and then divide these 28 stars into four groups, "black dragon in the east, white tiger in the west, suzaku in the south and Xuanwu in the north". The seven nights in the East Palace are regarded as dragons, which are horns, sounds, forks, houses, hearts, tails and dustpans, corresponding to dragons, longan and dragons.

Since ancient times, people have celebrated dragons on the day of "Dragon's Head Raised" in mid-spring, in order to pray for dragons to eliminate disasters and bless them, with good weather and abundant crops. The second day of the second lunar month is not only the "Dragon Head-raising Festival", but also the "Social Day Festival" for the birthday of the Earth God. Due to the overlapping festivals, February 2 in some parts of the south has both the custom of raising the head of the dragon and the custom of offering sacrifices to the society. For example, in Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other regions, on February 2nd (the fifth May after ancient beginning of spring), the country (the land god) was mainly sacrificed, and dragon festival in Duanyang was called "Longxiang".

On February 2 nd, the dragon looked up, the wind and rain were smooth and the harvest was good. Big warehouse full, small hoard, good year, beginning of spring.

3. On February 2nd, the dragon looked up.

1, February 2, the dragon looks up, good weather; Shop, ladder, well-fed, carefree.

2. On February 2nd, the dragon looked up, the big warehouse was full, and the small warehouse flowed.

3. On February 2nd, the dragon looked up, the emperor plowed the fields and drove the cows, and Queen Gong Zheng came to deliver the food. When the ministers of the dynasty threw away the seeds, the spring ploughed and Xia Yun led the world, and the grain harvest was peaceful and autumn.

4. "On February 2nd, the dragon looked up and everyone became a farmer."

On February 2nd, the dragon looked up and the farmer was busy repairing the plow.

6. On February 2nd in mid-spring, the seeds landed well.

7. On February 2nd, the dragon looked up and people put "manna" on their heads. They have worked hard and paid more sweat, and this year is another bumper harvest.

On February 2, 8, I didn't eat a nest, but went to the ground to make a pot.

On February 2, 9, there was no tea, so I went to the ground and made a splash.

10, February 2, knocking on the beam head, big hoarding, small hoarding.

1 1, February 2, knocking on the table, there is nowhere to put the rice.

12, February 2, knock on the pot table, and the big and small ingots roll out.

13, February 2, knock on the dock, sit down and return the gold.

14, February 2, knocking at the door, the big one leads the small one.

15, February 2nd, Zhaoliang, scorpion centipede has nowhere to hide.

16 On February 2nd, the scorpions and dragonflies died in piles.

17 On February 2nd, the ladle fork was knocked and the scorpion scutiger climbed out.

18, February 2, sprinkle a handful of ash, scorpions scutiger against the wall.

19, February 2, mid-spring, good landing of grain seeds.

20. On February 2nd, the beam was hit, but the scorpion could not get off the wall.

2 1, February 2, sweeping the bottom of the pot, saving firewood is not Fermi.

22. Sweep the kang mat on February 2, and it will be refreshing until the end of the year.

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