The second day of the second lunar month, also known as "spring ploughing Festival", "farming Festival" and "spring Dragon Festival", is a traditional Chinese folk festival. Dragon head up is every year, the second day of the second lunar month. It is said to be the day when dragon head up. It is a traditional festival in urban and rural China. So what does dragon look up mean?
The dragon looks up on the second day of February in the old calendar. Liu Dong, a famous man, said in a brief introduction to the scenery of the imperial capital: on February 2, the Dragon raised his head, fried the remaining pancakes on New Year's day, smoked the bed and Kang, and smoked the insects; that is to say, the introduction of the Dragon cannot bring out the insects. As the saying goes, if the dragon does not look up, it will not rain. The dragon is a auspicious thing and the master of the weathered rain. Spring rain is as precious as oil. People pray that the dragon will rise up to make clouds and rain to moisten all things. At the same time, February 2 is just before and after the hibernation, a hundred insects move foolishly, and the disease is easy to live. People hope that the dragon will rise up to suppress the poisonous insects.
[Qinglong Festival]
On the second day of February, it is commonly known as Qinglong Festival.
The origin of Qinglong Festival is related to "Jingzhe" in the 24 solar terms. After hibernation, the earth recovers and Yang Qi rises. Shanxi folk proverb has the saying that "February 2, the dragon looks up".
Jinnan area thinks that this day is the day of Qinglong activity. It is forbidden to carry water on the river or well to avoid bringing back the eggs. When walking and working near the river and well, pay attention to be quiet and try not to make any noise, so as not to disturb the green dragon and destroy the good weather.
On this day in the northern part of Shanxi Province, there was a prevalence of "sikianlong". In the morning, before the sun goes out, every family carries a teapot and goes to the river or the well to collect water. According to the calculation of several dragons for water control in this year, put several copper coins or coins in the teapot. After taking the water, he spilled a trail of water to his home, poured the rest of the water and money into the water tank, and Qian Long led him home, meaning to make a fortune in one year. When introducing Qian Long, you should avoid talking, so as not to scare Qian Long away.
For the Qianlong in some places of Northwest Shanxi, choose a big tree or a big stone and sprinkle it with grey line. Then tie a copper coin with a red wire. First put the copper coin in the gray coil, take it home by hand and cover it with a container.
Qianlong in the southeast of Shanxi Province is to sprinkle a zigzag gray line with kitchen ashes. It runs from the door to the kitchen and circles around the water tank.
As the saying goes: 'Jingzhe, baichongsu. In the Qinglong Festival, there are many activities to expel poison popular among the people. According to Yangcheng County annals: 'a hundred stuns are startled at the beginning, and the Heavenly Master's talisman is suspended to ward off insect poison. In the morning, when people get up, don't say "get up". I'm afraid that all poisonous insects will also get up. Jinnan folk custom likes to cook Manjing soup. It sprinkles all over the cracks and corners of the house, the bottom of the Kang mat and under the bed, which is called "forbidding all kinds of insects". Some of them gathered villagers and carried gods to the front of their houses to sprinkle rice soup in the courtyard, which meant to disperse the plague. The front of the house is surrounded by lime. In the folk custom of Southeast Shanxi Province, there is a gourd with five poisonous insects, such as snake, scorpion, centipede, scorpion and spider, which is pasted on the wall. It is called "hundred insects". Some of them are made of beans and wheat flour and are buried in the soil, which is called "smoked scorpion". Jinzhong folk folk custom family claps the dustpan, the nursery rhyme has' February 2, claps the dustpan, the flea, the tick dare not go on Kang Li '. Lime is used to enclose a line in front of the toilet and the door, which is called blast control. Luliang area is used to house cleaning. Northern Shanxi pays attention to "paste wolf mouth", paste sesame sugar or millet dough on the mouth of Erlang God barking dog.
Qinglong Festival is called "Huachao" in some places in South Shanxi. People bring food and wine to the countryside, choose places to sit around, sing and dance, and enjoy drinking, also known as "spring outing" and "outing". In the southeast of Shanxi Province, it is customary to make pancakes with Shu powder to comfort women. Children in Jinzhong are used to flying kites. Some counties pay attention to this day to make ash cellars and worship the God of land. Northern Shanxi likes to eat noodles and vermicelli. It's named Tiao Longwei. And to eat cake paste wolf mouth and eat pears to lose fire, play dirty gas. Luliang region likes to eat pancakes, known as' jielongpi '. In this day, we must eat Mahua and Sanzi, which is called "gnawing the keel". In the northwest of Shanxi Province, there is a big social fire Yangko on Qinglong Festival, which is similar to the Lantern Festival in other places.
In Qinglong Festival, people in northern Shanxi pay attention to the jujube mountain in front of the kitchen god. A few people in a family cut the jujube mountain into several pieces, one for each person. The top three points are enjoyed by the parents.
The Qinglong festival of Ruicheng hehe has a kind of ancient society that has persisted for more than a thousand years, which can be called strange custom. It is said that it began in the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and has been more than 1800 years so far. In order to commemorate the great emperor of Dongyue, Huang Feihu, who has made great contributions to the water control, the three social union celebration is also known as the "three social ceremonies". On this day, the mountain people reveled and displayed the most precious treasures in their families. The folk also called "Liang Bao Hui". Taking treasure can drive away evil spirits and avoid disasters. They hope that the year will be smooth and the grain will be plentiful. At that time, the women were dressed in colorful clothes and sang traditional folk songs and plays, while the men played the rough and tough gods of heaven, earth and military generals, ministers, eight immortals, secular gods, etc., or rode in sedans, oxen, and poles; or were naked, with a wild cloth around the waist; or were made of local cloth underpants, with a guillotine, ice cream, thick purlin, and stone mill on the back, showing their masculinity. The local nickname is "two poles of Hehe". The social fire atmosphere is composed of gongs and drums and is rendered. The attack method is simple and primitive, commonly known as "throwing gongs and drums". Traditional programs include lion playing, roller coaster running, stilts, back man and so on. The whole activity starts from the outside of the village and ends at the old site of Mount Tai Temple.
In the past, after the Qinglong Festival, the whole "new year" was over.
[dragon looks up]
"On February 2, the Dragon raises its head" is an old proverb. According to the orbit of the five stars of the sun and the moon, Chinese ancient astronomers divided the sky into 28 days, i.e. the zodiac belt. In this way, the movement and position of the five stars of the sun and the moon can be expressed. The 28 days can be divided into four regions (four elephants or four gods), and the eastern Canglong (including horn, Kang, Di, room, heart, tail, Ji and seven suns); The western white tiger (including Kui, Lou, Wei, Pleiades, Bi, Zi, shenqisu); the southern Zhuque (including Jing, GUI, Liu, Xing, Zhang, Yi, fuqisu); the northern Xuanwu (including Dou, Niu, Nu, Xu, Wei, Shi, Bi Qisu). Among them, the & lsquo; Jiaosu & rsquo; is Longjiao. On the second day of February, Longjiao star rises on the eastern horizon, So it's called dragon head rising. It's also said that the Dragon God will wake up from sleep, so people will burn incense and pray for good weather and abundant grain in the next year. This day is also called "dragon head Festival" and "Green Dragon Festival"