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The working people of the mainland have long had a magical worship of dragons. It is believed that the dragon can spread rain in the clouds, eliminate disasters and blessings, and have extraordinary ability, so the dragon is the mascot in people's hearts, and even the feudal emperor calls himself the true dragon Tianzi, so that the dragon has become the symbol of the Chinese nation.
Entering the second month of the lunar calendar, it is the "rain" and "sting" festival, the grass and trees germinate, the recovery of all things, various agricultural activities begin, the growth of plants needs the moisture of rain, people look forward to the precious spring rain, praying that the dragon can rain and bless. On the second day of February, the family of the family with a stone mill should support the upper fan of the stone mill and insert a wooden block wrapped in red cloth between the two fans, because each stone mill is carved with a coiled green dragon, and only by supporting the stone grinding of the upper fan can the dragon raise its head, that is, "February 2, the dragon looks up".
In the southwest area of Lu, the second fence of February has become a folk custom, and many families will use stove ash in the yard to surround the "granary". On the second day of February, people often get up very early, take out fresh stove ash from the stove hall and put it in a dustpan, and then sprinkle two or three circular "granaries" of different sizes in the yard, put a handful of grain in each "granary", and then sprinkle a "ladder" with stove ash outside the "granary", which means the height of the "granary". The people around the warehouse also read the song "On the second of February, the dragon looks up, the big warehouse is full, the small warehouse flows, eat and drink and spend money without worrying." If the weather is sunny, the breeze is gentle, and the granary surrounded by ash on the stove has not been blown away by the wind all morning, it is called a warehouse, indicating that the new year is smooth and rainy, and the grain is abundant. On this morning, some housewives also knocked on the door pillow with wooden sticks, knocked on the scoop and chanted "February 2, knock on the pillow, gold and silver roll home", "February 2, knock on the scoop, ten mice and nine blind, and one is not blind, leading the way, one collar is led to the cat's belly."
On the second of February, there is also the custom of stir-frying beans, soaking soybeans in salt water for half a day, fishing out and frying after drying, crackling when frying beans, it is said that it can alarm the jade dragon, and the jade dragon will turn over and bring rain to the clouds and moisturize everything. Eat dumplings on the second of February, eat noodles, and fry rice cakes. They represent the meaning of eating dragon ears, dragon whiskers and dragon cakes. On the second day of February, housewives are forbidden to do needlework, and they must also wrap the scissors and needles used for needlework with red cloth and put them away to prevent needlework from stabbing the dragon's eyes. On the second day of February, the newly married daughter-in-law cannot live in her mother's house and her in-laws' house, but can only go to her aunt, aunt or sister's house for one day, and it is said that the day when the dragon rises, the new daughter-in-law has to hide for the mother-in-law's family.
Various folk activities on February 2 are related to dragons, expressing the yearning and expectation of the industrious and wise Chinese nation for a better life.
The author is Yin Jinqi, a primary school teacher in Yuncheng County, and a lover of literature.
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