Why can't I get a haircut on February 2nd?

February 2nd is the day when dragons look up. It is customary not to use knives or scissors as much as possible, for fear of poking the dragon's eyes. After the Dragon Head Festival, the earth warms up and everything recovers. Every year, the horns are bright and bright, and the harvest is good. The industrious and simple people in our country regard "the dragon looks up" as a good day to pray for calm and auspicious luck.

There are many activities related to the "Dragon Head Festival", which are all around the "dragon". Due to the different geographical environment between the north and the south, their customs and cultures are also very different. On February 2nd, the dragon looked up. In ancient astronomy, it used 28 nights to represent the positions of the sun, the moon and the stars in the sky, so as to judge the seasons. After the vernal equinox every year, "Dragon Horn Star" will rise from the eastern horizon at dusk, so it is called "Dragon Head Up".

Festival custom

In our country, there is a saying that "on February 2, we worship the village community;" The dragon looked up and prayed for a bumper harvest; August 2, village hall; The dragon is over. Send it back. In terms of solar terms, the first day of February in the lunar calendar is between "rain", "fright" and "vernal equinox", and many places in southern China have begun to enter the rainy season. As the saying goes, "it doesn't rain if the dragon doesn't look up." "

In the ancient godhead genealogy, the dragon is the god of the sea and is in charge of rainfall. Rainfall is directly related to the harvest of crops in a year. Therefore, in order to make the dragon god make clouds and rain, the dragon should confess in front of the dragon temple when he looks up, hold a grand sacrifice ceremony and sing a big drama to entertain the dragon. Worship dragons and pray for rain, and let them go for a good harvest in a year; There are also some places where there are "dragon boat rowing" activities on the Dragon Head Festival.

Refer to the above? Baidu Encyclopedia-Longtaitou