February 2nd, Dragon Heads Up

february 2, eating beans, a healthy harvest." the old proverbs have many people who do not recite them, but the custom of contract has been in circulation.

today is the day of the chinese agricultural calendar “february 2, dragon up”, and in many parts of shandong, on the second day of february, the family will cease all housework, especially needlework, so as not to “bite the dragon's eyes” and the laundry will stop, i fear, “bite the dragon's skin”.

on the night of the beginning of february, the stone must be sharpened in order not to affect “the dragon's head” so that “the drizzle will flow and the year will not be sad”.

in the coastal areas, the practice of “triggering the head” on the second of february, when adults and children shaved their heads, called “shaving the head”.

boys, in particular, had to cut their hair, which was said to bring good luck for a year.

in the yellow river delta area, there is also the practice of “lanting dragons”, many of which are placed in small boats with reeds or tweeds, in candles or in little oil bowls made of carrots, and set on fire in rivers or bays for dragons.

in the interior of shandong, “february 2” is much more popular, with an important folklore event, the grain barracks.

in the early morning hours of february, the villagers woke up early, and the housewife took a basket of wood-burning ash from the bottom of her house's cooker, took a small shovel and shoveled some ash, and made a circle on the ground.

rounds, large, small, three less, five more, round and round.

when the silos were secured, the food was kept in the middle of the silos with piety, and it was deliberately scattered outside the silos, symbolizing the harvest of the year.

however, the most indispensable of february 2 is the widespread practice of eating fried beans in shandong.

early in the morning, the family used salt or sugar soybeans called “scorpion claws”.

in shandong, many supermarkets prepared a variety of soybeans, including beans, soybeans, cornflowers, soybeans, peas, and pieces made of flour, eggs, etc., with different tastes.

: "on february 2nd, fresh rain, fresh sprouts of grass, young and young, cross-cutting." as can be seen from the poems of don dynasty's famous poet, "february 2" has been practised in chinese as long ago as february.

the song dynasty designated february 2 as the birthday of 100 flowers and yuan dynasty called february 2 as the “treading festival”, which continues to date。