What is the origin of the dragon's rise on February 2?

The rhetoric of "dragon heads up" comes from ancient astronomy. In ancient times, people chose 28 groups of stars near the equator of the ecliptic as coordinates as reference objects for observing astronomical phenomena. According to the orbit and position of the sun, moon and stars, the ancients divided the astrology near the ecliptic into 28 groups, commonly known as "twenty-eight hostages".

"Accommodation" means to live, because they are surrounded by the sun, the moon and the five stars, much like the place where the sun, the moon and the five stars live, so they are called "accommodation". The "Twenty-eight Hostels" are divided into four groups according to the four directions of east, west, north and south, resulting in "four elephants": black dragon in the east, white tiger in the west, suzaku in the south and Xuanwu in the north.

The seven nights in the East are called "Jiao, Kang, Earth, Fang, Xin, Wei and Ji Pan", which form a complete dragon-shaped astrology. People call it the "Oriental Black Dragon", in which the horn lodge represents the dragon's horn, Kang lodge represents the dragon's throat, Di lodge represents the dragon's claw, Xin lodge represents the dragon's heart, and Wei lodge and Jisu lodge represent the dragon's heart. In winter, the seven nights in Black Dragon are hidden under the northern horizon.

In mid-spring (between the vernal equinox and vernal equinox), arcturus (one star and two stars) appears on the eastern horizon. At this time, the whole body of the black dragon was still hidden below the horizon, but arcturus appeared first, so it was called "Dragon Looking Up". The rise of the dragon refers to the looming change of the black dragon and seven stars in the sky, not the real change of the beast dragon.

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Related customs of "February 2"

Mining dragon gas

Shi Mao in the morning (between 5: 00 and 7: 00), the first Shi Mao in Uzuki, is a good luck to go out and take a deep breath in the East. ?

Shaving faucet

Refers to the second day of February, when children have a haircut, it is called shaving "happy head" to bless children to grow up healthily and get ahead when they grow up; Adults get haircuts, say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, hoping to bring good luck and a smooth new year.

dragon boat

In ancient times, the Dragon Head-raising Festival was a day to worship the dragon god. On this day every year, people will go to the Dragon Temple or the riverside to burn incense and sacrifice to the dragon god, praying that the dragon god will turn clouds into rain and bless the harvest. When the dragon heads up, there will be a "Dragon Boat Lift" in some parts of China, inviting the dragon to come out of the water and praying for all the best.

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