On February 2nd, A Brief History of the Rise of the Dragon.

In terms of solar terms, the early February of the lunar calendar is between "rain", "earthquake" and "vernal equinox", the temperature rises, the earth thaws, and it begins to rain in many places, especially in the northern region. In order to lose the farming season, "the dragon looked up on February 2, and everyone used small households to plow cattle."

"At the beginning of spring ploughing, we prayed for rain and prayed for a bumper harvest.

Astronomically speaking, in ancient China, the positions of the sun, the moon and the stars in the sky were represented by 28 nights, which were divided into four palaces: east, west, north and south. The East Palace consists of 30 stars and is imagined as a blue dragon extending from north to south.

At dusk after the vernal equinox, two "Dragon Horn Stars" in the seven nights of Qinglong will appear on the eastern horizon, and the dragon body composed of another star will disappear below the horizon, just like "the dragon looks up".

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On February 2nd, there were some folk customs in China, such as "haircut" and "dragon dance".

On February 2, people walked into the barber shop and reshaped their hair styles.

In order to get lucky, the diet on February 2 is also named after dragons. Eating cake is called "Longlin cake", eating noodles is called "Longxu Noodles", eating jiaozi is called "eating dragon teeth", eating wonton is called "eating longan", eating fried cake is called "eating keel" and eating rice is called "eating dragon seeds".

On February 2nd, there are many folk customs related to women. More commonly, women are not allowed to work with needles, "for fear of hurting longan"; In some places, women are afraid of hurting "dragon skin" and can't wash clothes.

In some areas in the north, there is also the custom of taking married daughters back to their parents' homes on February 2.