First, the story background.
According to folklore, the second day of the second lunar month is the day when the dominant dragon king in the sky looks up. After that, the rain will gradually increase. Therefore, this day is called. Spring Festival? .
There's a saying in northern China? On February 2 nd, the dragon looked up, the big warehouse was full, and the small warehouse flowed. ? Folk proverbs. Whenever the Spring Festival comes, in most parts of northern China, every family carries lanterns to fetch water from wells or rivers in the morning. When they get home, they will light lamps, burn incense and offer sacrifices.
Wu Zetian became emperor, which annoyed the Jade Emperor and told the Four Seas Dragon King that it was forbidden to rain on earth for three years. Soon, the Dragon King in charge of Tianhe listened to the cries of various folk families, looked at the plight of the hungry people, worried that the world would be cut off, and it rained against the will of the Jade Emperor. When the Jade Emperor knew it, he knocked the Dragon King to the ground and made him suffer at the foot of a mountain, and erected a monument on the mountain: The rain of the Dragon King violated heaven and should punish the evil on earth. If you want to re-enter the Lingxiao Pavilion, you can only wait until the golden beans bloom. In order to save the Dragon King, people searched everywhere for golden beans in full bloom. On the second day of February of the following year, when people are drying corn seeds, they think that corn is like golden beans, and it will bloom when it is fried. Doesn't that mean that the golden beans are blooming? So, every household pops popcorn and puts it in the yard for filing as flowering? Golden beans? Burn incense.
The dragon king looked up and knew that someone had saved him, so he shouted to the jade emperor? The golden beans are blooming, let me out quickly! ? As soon as the Jade Emperor saw the golden beans in the yard of every household in the world, he would tell the Dragon King to return to heaven and continue to create sex for the world. Since then, people have formed a habit. On the second day of February, people eat popcorn. In fact, after February of the lunar calendar, it rains? With the arrival of solar terms, the phenomenon of little rain in winter will end and the rainfall will increase gradually, which is the characteristic of monsoon climate in northern China.
Second, the people? February second dragon? Festivals were formally formed in the Yuan Dynasty.
China has been an agricultural country since ancient times, and the climate plays a decisive role in agricultural harvest. This festival reflects the expectations of ordinary people for the spring rain, hoping that there will be enough rain in spring to lay the foundation for a bumper harvest in autumn.
3. Why did the dragon look up on February 2nd?
Because February of the lunar calendar has entered the mid-spring season, the sun is rising, the earth is warming up, and plants are sprouting. Farmers will plow and sow in spring, so it is very necessary to keep the soil moist and moist. If it rains at this time, it is really precious, so there is a saying? Spring rain is as expensive as oil? . As far as solar terms are concerned, what is early February? Rain? 、? Sting? And then what? Equinox? In the meantime, when it needs to rain, it may rain. How people wish to pray for rain by praying for dragons.
Why does the dragon look up? Because in early February, before and after the shock pad, all kinds of animals that had been dormant for a whole winter recovered their vitality, and it was time to act. The rise of the dragon means that the dragon is also moving and needs to perform the duty of praying for rain. But is this statement correct? The dragon comes out on February 2 nd? Common explanations are easy to understand.