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What does it mean that the dragon looks up on February 2?

"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".

"The Rise of the Dragon" originates from the worship of natural phenomena, which is related to ancient people's understanding of the operation of stars and farming culture. Although the "Dragon Rise" has a long history, it only became a national festival after the Yuan Dynasty and appeared in literature.

There are many activities related to the "Dragon Head Up", but no matter which way, they are all around the beautiful dragon god belief. It is an activity that people place their hopes for survival. As far as the whole country is concerned, due to different regions, customs vary from place to place.

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In ancient times, in some places in northern China, there were customs of hoarding grain, inviting Tian Long, knocking on beams, having a haircut, frying braised pork, eating noodles, jiaozi, candied beans, pancakes and avoiding needlework on February 2nd.

For Najib, the food he ate on the second day of February was named "dragon" and the noodles were called "Longxu Noodles" instead of "noodles". Jiaozi is called "Dragon Ear" and "Dragon Horn"; The meal is called "Dragon".

Pancakes are branded into scales, which are called "Longlin cakes"; Noodles cooked with wonton are called "Longnazhu"; Eating pig's head is called "food faucet"; Eating scallion cake is called "tearing dragon skin". Everything carries symbols and meanings related to dragons.