What does it mean to eat mustard rice on February 2?

Eating mustard rice on the second day of the second lunar month is a popular custom in Wenzhou, including Wenzhou. As the saying goes, "Eating mustard rice for a year will not lead to tuberculosis (scabies)". In the old society, people in Wencheng mountain area lived in poverty and had weak health awareness. Coupled with the lack of medical care and medicine, there are many patients with skin diseases (such as scabies), which are easy to be infected. Mustard contains a lot of chlorophyll and vitamin C. Regular consumption of vegetables rich in chlorophyll and vitamin C can improve autoimmune ability and enhance resistance, which is good for human skin. Therefore, there is a saying that eating mustard rice does not cause scabies.

On February 2, the dragon looked up, which generally means the dragon looked up. Dragon Head Raising (the second day of the second lunar month), also known as Spring Farming Festival, Farming Festival, Qinglong Festival and Spring Dragon Festival, is a traditional folk festival in China. "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".