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Dragon Head Raising Day (Dragon Head Raising Festival)
On February 2, the dragon looked up and popularized traditional festivals and customs.

Holiday customs:

On February 2nd, the dragon raised its head, also known as Spring Farming Festival and Farming Festival, which is a traditional folk festival in China. In farming culture, "the dragon looks up" means that the sun is shining, the rain is increasing and everything is full of vitality. Since ancient times, people have regarded the Dragon Rise Day as a day to pray for good weather, drive away soil disasters and good luck.

On the day when the dragon looked up, people took symbols and meanings related to the dragon for Najib:

1. Kitchen God: The people burn incense and offer sacrifices, praying for a bumper harvest in one year and safe access.

2. Shaving the tap: getting a haircut on February 2nd indicates a good start to the year.

3. Eat dragon food. On February 2nd, the diet was named after dragons. For example, eating jiaozi is called "eating dragon's ears", eating spring cakes is called "eating dragon's forest" and eating noodles is called "eating dragon's beard", all of which have pinned the good wishes of Qi Long.

Health focus:

1, comb your hair more: on the day when the dragon looks up, health care should start from scratch. Comb your hair one or two hundred times a day to stimulate the acupoints on the head, which can dispel wind and improve eyesight, strengthen the brain and benefit the kidney.

2. Exercise more: This year is leap February, the temperature is gradually rising, the yang of the human body is also exposed, and the metabolism is accelerated. At this time, doing some proper exercise can further promote your health.

3, light diet: Chinese medicine believes that "the spring should be sour and sweet to nourish the temper." Diet should be light and delicious, eat more starchy food, which has nourishing effect on the spleen and stomach, and avoid greasy and irritating food.