What are the folk activities related to dragons?

Around the second day of the second lunar month is one of the sixty-four solar terms. It is said that on this day, the dragon that passed through the winter eye was awakened by the rumbling spring thunder and stood up. Therefore, the ancients called the second day of the second lunar month the Spring Festival, also known as the Dragon Head Festival or the Qinglong Festival. Therefore, on this day, people go to the river to worship the dragon god. "Shouchunsui" says: "On the second day of February, incense is burned to worship the dragon god."

2. Dragon Dance on Lantern Festival

Legend has it that a long time ago, there were many fierce birds and beasts everywhere that hurt people and livestock, so people organized to defeat them. A god bird was trapped and landed on the earth, but was accidentally shot by an unsuspecting hunter. The Emperor of Heaven was very angry when he learned that. He immediately issued a decree, ordering the heavenly soldiers to set fire to the land on the fifteenth day of the first month, burning all the people, livestock and property. The daughter of the Emperor of Heaven is kind-hearted. She couldn't bear to see the innocent suffering of the people, so she risked her life and secretly rushed Xiangyun to the world to tell people the news. When people heard the news, it was like a blow to the head. I'm so scared that I don't know what to do. After a long time, an old man came up with an idea. He said: "On the 14th, 15th and 16th of the first month, every family decorated their houses, set off firecrackers and set off fireworks. In this way, the emperor will think that people have been burned to death. "

3. Dragon Boat Race

The origin of dragon boat race was originally a ritual to worship the water god. In order to eliminate disasters and pray, it was later attached to a boat for villagers to find Qu Yuan's body. To this day, dragon boat racing has become the most popular folk activity of the Dragon Boat Festival.