What are the customs on February 2nd?

On the second day of the second lunar month, it is called the "Dragon Head Festival", commonly known as the Qinglong Festival, and also called the Dragon Head Up. Holding the dragon's head up is a traditional folk festival in China, which is held by Han people and other ethnic groups. According to legend, this festival originated in the period of leader Fu.

February 2, according to legend, is the birthday of the land father-in-law, which is called "land birthday". In order to "warm the life" of the land god, some places have the custom of holding "land meetings": every family raises funds to celebrate the birthday of the land god, burns incense and sacrifices at the land temple, and sets off firecrackers with gongs and drums.

Celebrate the "Dragon Head Festival" to show respect for the dragon and pray for rain so that God can help ensure a bumper harvest. Therefore, on this day, people go to the river to worship the dragon god. "China Folk Customs, Shouchunsui" says: "On the second day of February, incense is burned to worship the dragon god."

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According to legend, when Wu Zetian was emperor, the Jade Emperor ordered that it should not rain on the ground for three years. However, Yulong, who is in charge of Tianhe, couldn't bear the people to suffer from disaster and starvation, and a heavy rain came secretly. When the Jade Emperor learned about it, he buried the Jade Dragon in charge of Tianhe under a mountain. At the foot of the mountain, a monument stands, which reads: The rain of the Dragon King violated heaven and should be punished by the world for generations. If you want to go back to Lingxiao Pavilion, unless the golden beans bloom.

In order to save the Dragon King, people searched everywhere for golden beans in full bloom. On the second day of February of the following year, people were drying golden corn seeds, and it suddenly occurred to them that this kind of corn was like golden beans, which had blossomed after being fried. Isn't it the golden bean that blooms?

So every household popped popcorn, put on record and burned incense in the yard, offering "flowering golden beans" to the Dragon King and the Jade Emperor. Knowing that the people were saving it, the Dragon King shouted to the Jade Emperor, "Golden beans are blooming, let me out!" As soon as the Jade Emperor saw that the golden beans in the yard of every household in the world were in full bloom, he would send a message to the Dragon King, asking him to return to heaven and continue to give sex to the world.

Since then, people have formed a habit. On February 2nd every year, people pop popcorn and some fried beans. Adults and children still read: "On February 2, the dragon looked up, the big warehouse was full, and the small warehouse flowed." In some places, kitchen waste ash is scattered in the yard to form a big circle, and whole grains are put in the middle, which is called "hoarding" or "filling the warehouse". It means to wish the grain a bumper harvest and a full warehouse.