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1, February 2, the dragon looked up.

In the Yuan Dynasty, "the second day of February" was called the day when the dragon looked up. February of the lunar calendar has entered the mid-spring season, and "February 2" is between the "rain", "shock" and "vernal equinox" of the 24 solar terms. Since ancient times, people have celebrated dragons on the day of "Dragon's Head Raised" in mid-spring, in order to pray for dragons to eliminate disasters and bless them, with good weather and abundant crops.

The second day of the second lunar month is not only the "Dragon Head-raising Festival", but also the "Social Day Festival" for the birthday of the Earth God. February 2nd in the south (the fifth day after beginning of spring in ancient times) still follows the custom of offering sacrifices to the land gods. Such as Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other regions, there are both customs similar to the Dragon Head Festival and the new "February 2" custom, which mainly worships the land gods.

2. Longyou was played by shrimp in shallow water, and the tiger fell to Pingyang and was bullied by dogs.

Moral: Xiaolong swam to shallow water, unable to move, and was teased by shrimp. Once the tiger arrives in the plain, without the cover of the jungle, its explosive power and assault advantage no longer exist, and it can only be bullied by dogs.

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The dragon never leaves the sea, and the tiger never leaves the mountain.

It means that a noble man cannot live without a place to live.

From: The Romance of the Tang and Five Dynasties by Ming Luo Guan Zhong.

Catch a tiger in the mountain and a dragon in the sea.

It means risking your life to do something hard and dangerous.

From: Qing Wenkang's Biography of Heroes of Children, the ninth time: "Girl, if you have any difficulties, just say it! To catch a tiger in the mountains and a dragon in the sea is to go through fire and water. I, Enron Media, dare to do it for you at this time! "

5, the dragon returns to the sea, and the tiger enters the mountains.

Meaning: figuratively speaking, everyone goes back to a place where he once made a difference.

Said by: Chen Shui Hu Zhuan.

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Ready-made words commonly used in people's lives. Proverbs are similar to idioms, but they are colloquial and easy to understand. Generally speaking, they express a complete meaning and are almost one or two short sentences in form.

Proverbs include a wide range of agricultural proverbs, such as "planting melons and beans before and after Qingming"; Some are rational proverbs, such as "As you sow, you reap";

Some common sense proverbs belong to all aspects of life, such as "modesty makes people progress, pride makes people fall behind." "Take a hundred steps after dinner and live to ninety-nine." And so on, a wide variety, countless.

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