Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Weather inquiry - Is it better to rain or not to rain on February 2?

Is it better to rain or not to rain on February 2?

The dragon looked up and saw that it was raining. All right.

On February 2nd, the dragon looked up. "If the dragon doesn't look up, it won't rain." This is people's longing for the spring rain. As the saying goes, "Spring rain is as expensive as oil", and the rainfall in spring directly affects the harvest of a year, so people are looking forward to the rise of dragons. Because the dragon looked up and it was going to rain. As the old saying goes, "Dragon rains, tiger walks with the wind". Spring is the time when the black dragon looks up. As soon as the dragon appeared, natural rain followed, the rain arrived in time and the harvest was good, which pinned people's expectations for the harvest. In fact, "the dragon looks up and the rain is coming" is also related to the movement of the stars. In a word, people are looking forward to the arrival of February 2, the rise of the dragon, and good weather and abundant crops. According to legend, during the period of "Three Emperors and Five Emperors" in ancient times, Fu attached great importance to farming, and every year on February 2nd, he would hold a farming ceremony in his own acre of land.

If it rains this day, it indicates that the weather will be fine this year. People think that it is a diligent dragon that flies on this day. Diligent dragons can make clouds and rain, but lazy dragons don't rain.

There is also a saying that the rain on the second day of February indicates that there will be more rain throughout February. There is a saying that you are not afraid of the first day, but you are afraid of the next day. February of the lunar calendar is the spring ploughing season, and rain is "precious as oil" for farmers.

Later, emperors such as Yao Shunyu and even Qin Huang Hanwu followed their ancestors and left an acre of land in the back garden of the palace. A farming ceremony was held on February 2nd, and some places were called Spring Cattle.