What's the meaning of two dragons' hair cutting in February
4hw.com.cn: in February, the second dragon rises, commonly known as "spring Dragon Festival". It is said that the day when the Dragon rises is a traditional Chinese festival. On this day, people celebrate "dragon head up" in order to have a good weather and a good harvest next year. After thousands of years of inheritance, the rise of the dragon has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, forming a variety of forms of celebration. So why do you have a haircut on February 2? What's the moral of having a haircut on this day?
On the second day of the second lunar month, spring returns to the earth. It's the time to plant crops. The earth thirsts for rain. The dragon is the auspicious thing that dominates the wind and rain in Chinese culture. There is a saying in the common saying that "the dragon does not look up and the sky does not rain". Therefore, the dragon looks up is a symbol of recovery and auspiciousness. In folk custom, people choose to shave their heads on this day, hoping for the auspicious omen of great fortune.
People think that shaving one's head on this day will bring good luck and good fortune. Children's haircuts are called "happy head shaving". When the Dragon raises his head, he will bless the healthy growth of children and become outstanding when he grows up. When the adult haircuts, it means to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, hoping to bring good omens and good luck. Therefore, it is a folk saying that "shaving the dragon's head on February 2 has a spiritual head in a year". Every day, every barber shop has customers and prosperous business. In addition, there is a popular saying that "my uncle died after cutting his head in the first month". Many people do not visit barbershops until February 2. In fact, it's a misrepresentation that "dead uncle" is a homophony of "nostalgia for the past". In the early Qing Dynasty, the Han people missed the Ming Dynasty in the way of not shaving their heads in the first month, but did not dare to fight with the Qing government, which issued the "shaving order", so they had the above-mentioned view.