Dragon head up (February 2 of the lunar calendar), also known as spring ploughing Festival, agricultural Festival, Qinglong Festival and spring Dragon Festival, is a traditional Chinese folk festival. "Dragon" refers to the seven constellations of the eastern Canglong among the twenty-eight constellations. At the beginning of the mid spring Mao month (Dou refers to the East), the "dragon horn star" rises from the eastern horizon, so it is called "dragon rise". The dragon looks up at the beginning of Mao month in the middle of spring. The five elements of "Mao" belong to wood, and the divinatory symbol is "earthquake"; In the "lingua mutual earthquake" in 1992, it means that the dragon has left its latent state and has appeared on the earth's surface, emerging as a hair growing elephant. In farming culture, "dragon heads up" indicates that Yang is growing, rain is increasing, and everything is full of vitality. Spring farming begins from here. Since ancient times, people have also regarded dragon rise day as a day to pray for good weather, exorcise evil spirits and disasters, and accept auspicious transportation.
"Dragon rise" originates from the worship of natural phenomena, which is related to people's understanding of the operation of stars and farming culture in ancient times. Although "dragon head up" has a long historical origin, it became a national festival and appeared in the literature after the Yuan Dynasty. There are many activities related to "dragon rise", but in either way, they are carried out around the beautiful Dragon God belief. It is an activity for people to place their hope for survival. As far as the whole country is concerned, due to different regions, local customs are also different.
Dragon is a mythical creature living in the sea. It is often used to symbolize auspiciousness. Since ancient times, people have celebrated the dragon on the day of "dragon rise" in mid spring to pray for disaster elimination and blessing, good weather and bumper crops. "February 2" of the lunar calendar is not only the "dragon rise Festival", but also the "social day" of the birth of the God of land. Due to the overlapping Festival periods, there are both dragon head raising Festival and sacrificial society customs in some parts of the south. For example, in Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other regions, "February 2" (the fifth day after the beginning of spring in ancient times) is mainly for sacrificial Society (land God), and dragon sacrificial society is mostly in the Duanyang of "dragon flying to the sky".
LongTaiTou Wiki:
| Chinese name | Long Tai Tou |
| Foreign name | DragonHeadraisingDay |
| alias | Spring Dragon Festival, spring ploughing Festival and farming Festival |
| Holiday time | February 2 of the lunar calendar |
| Festival type | traditional festival |
| Epidemic area | China |
| Festival origin | Celestial phenomena and beliefs |
| Festival activities | Dragon boat, dragon worship, hair cutting, gun burning |
| Holiday diet | Cooking beans, noodles, pancakes, eggs |
| Holiday significance | Inherit and carry forward traditional culture |
| moral | The image of hair, good luck |
| Natural phenology | Spring thunder moves suddenly, rain increases and temperature rises |
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