On February 2 nd, the dragon looked up: the legend of golden beans blooming

It is said that 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, when the Dragon King heard people crying and saw many people starving to death, he was very sad. In order to save the Lebanese people, the Dragon King disobeyed his will and began to rain privately. When the Jade Emperor learned about this, he sent the Dragon King down to earth and pinned him at the foot of a mountain. He is not allowed to enter Lingxiao Concert Hall again unless the golden beans bloom. In order to repay the Dragon King for saving his life, people looked for golden beans everywhere. On the second day of February, when people were drying golden corn seeds, they suddenly realized that this kind of corn was like golden beans. It blooms when it is fried. Isn't it golden beans? So every household popped popcorn and set up a case in the yard to burn incense for the golden bean flower. Seeing that the golden beans were in full bloom, the Jade Emperor had to order the Dragon King to return to heaven and continue to give people sex. Since then, on February 2nd every year, people have formed the custom of eating popcorn.

On February 2 nd, the dragon looked up: the legend of the gate

Legend has it that when Zhu Hongwu was a child, his family was poor. One day, he went to hongdong county, Shanxi province to beg. This place is where his ancestors lived. Then there was a flood and immigrants came to Huaiyang. Zhu Hongwu begged for three days and nights, but he didn't get a bite of rice. He hates the entrance here and thinks the people here are bad. Even when he became emperor, he was still bitter about this man and wanted to kill him and hurry. One day, he decided to kill the man, but he felt that after so many years, he doubted whether the man was getting better, so he disguised himself as a farmer and came here for a private visit. One day, he saw a woman holding a big child and a small child. The child cried while walking, so tired that he was full of sweat and hoarse, and it was more and more difficult to walk. But the woman dragged him away and scolded him, with no intention of hugging him at all.

Zhu Hongwu looked very strange and stepped forward to ask. Who knows this woman is a stepmother, holding a child, pulling her own son, and treating other people's children better than her own. This made Zhu Hongwu very moved. He thought, isn't there a good man here? So he said to the woman, "On the second day of February, your house should be surrounded by plant ash to avoid disaster." .

When the woman came home, she told her relatives and neighbors about it. They all did, and everyone was spared from being killed. Since then, on February 2nd, Wai Men has become a folk custom. Later, Fenmen developed into a hoarding, which means that the Chinese New Year will reach the level of "big hoarding, small hoarding".

The legend of scraping faucets in February

Beijing and other northern areas call the haircut on February 2 nd "shaving your head" There is a custom in these places that you can't get a haircut in the first month, otherwise it will bring death to your uncle. There is a saying: "If you don't shave your head in the first month, you will die." Therefore, people scramble to get a haircut on the day of "the dragon looks up", thinking that this will make people have good luck and good luck. "On February 2nd, the dragon looked up, and adults and children had to shave their heads." Shaving your head on February 2nd is a custom in many places. To this day, on February 2 every year, the barber shop is still crowded. I choose this day to shave my head.

On the one hand, on the folk custom day, "if you don't shave your head in the first month, you will die". After more than a month, your hair has grown. On the other hand, there has always been a saying among the people that "getting rid of the old by getting a haircut". February 2 is the Dragon's Rise Day, which can bring good luck for a year. Guisui, Inner Mongolia, and Jiangshi, Henan, all call this day's haircut "the head-shaving faucet".

Why did my uncle shave his head in the first month?

In luji area, there is a popular concept: don't shave your head in the first month. It is rumored in the countryside that whoever shaves his head will die. Most modern young people don't believe this. However, the old people are very eloquent. In some people in some areas, this common belief is still passed down under the supervision of parents.

In fact, not shaving your head in the first month has nothing to do with your uncle's death. It was brought by a "haircut order".

April 22nd, Jia (1644), is a day that Old Time will never forget.

On that day, Wu Sangui, the company commander of Ningyuan of Daming Empire, who was stationed at Shanhaiguan, the first pass in the world, was replaced by an old enemy, and the Qing soldiers occupied Beijing and went south to the south of the Yangtze River. Fu Lin became the master of the world.

The following June 15 was another extraordinary day.

On this day, Fu Lin issued a "haircut order": inside and outside the capital, limited to ten days; From the date of the imperial edict's arrival in other provinces, it is also limited to ten days, and all officials, soldiers and people have their hair shaved. He who hesitates will be beheaded according to the theory of inverse thief!

This is a hairstyle that coerces Han people to convert to Manchu by capital punishment. The Qing court regarded shaving as one of the symbols of obedience, and their slogan was: "Keep your hair, keep your hair." After the order was issued, some local officials shortened the time limit to three days or even one day to show their loyalty. Han people are frightened. This panic instantly turned into anger, and they would rather die than lose their heads, shouting, "A ghost with hair tied is better than a ghost with a shaved head!" " "People all over the country rose up and defended their hair to the death. Han people were forced to shave their heads for the sake of their necks. However, the resistance did not stop, and not shaving in the first month was one of them. Ye county annals (customs annals) published in 24 years of the Republic of China:

It is said that the imperial edict of shaving hair before and after the Qing Dynasty was implemented in the first month of the fourth year of Shunzhi. When the system changed in the Ming Dynasty, the people thought of the old man because of shaving their hair, so they thought of the old man. Old, so it is mistaken for "dead uncle." It is a kind of "nostalgia" not to shave your head in the first month. The first month is the beginning of a year, just like a morning.