What does it mean that the dragon looks up in early February?

On February 2nd, it is said that the dragon looked up, which is a traditional festival in China. Celebrate the "Dragon Head Festival" to show respect for the dragon and pray for rain, so that God can bless the harvest. On February 2nd, the dragon looked up. In ancient astronomy, China used 28 nights to represent the positions of the sun, the moon and the stars in the sky, and to judge the seasons. After the vernal equinox, the "Dragon Horn Star" appeared from the eastern horizon at dusk, so it was called "Dragon Head Up".

Since ancient times, people have celebrated dragons on the day of "Dragon's Head Raised" in mid-spring, in order to pray for dragons to eliminate disasters and bless them, with good weather and abundant crops. The second day of the second lunar month is not only the "Dragon Head-raising Festival", but also the "Social Day Festival" for the birthday of the Earth God.

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People in China think that dragons are auspicious things and masters of wind and rain. "Dragon heads up" means ending hibernation, and everything is full of vitality, with head held high and head held high. Therefore, since ancient times, people have held ceremonies of offering sacrifices to the dragon gods and praying for rain to release them, in order to have an auspicious harvest in a year, and regard the season when the dragon heads up as an auspicious day of transshipment.

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.