In fact, calling "February 2 nd" "Dragon Rising" has something to do with ancient astronomical phenomena. There are also many theories about the origin of this festival. One of the legends is very popular: "February 2nd" originated in Fu period, and Fuxi "emphasized agriculture and mulberry, plowed the fields". On the second day of February every year, "Imperial mother delivered meals, and imperial driver plowed the fields". When I arrived in Zhou Wuwang, I held a grand ceremony on the second day of February every year, calling on all civil and military officials to cultivate themselves. Since the Tang Dynasty, on this day, the emperor also led hundreds of officials out of the palace, plowing and loosening the soil in the fields, and participating in labor in a meaningful way.
There is such a fairy tale among the people in northern China. 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 the earth for three years. Soon, the Dragon King, who was in charge of Tianhe, heard the cries of the people, saw the tragic sight of people starving to death, and worried that the world would run out of food, so he listened to the jade emperor's will and prayed for rain for the world. When the Jade Emperor learned that the Dragon King had descended to earth, he placed him at the foot of a mountain to enjoy his happiness, and a monument was erected on the mountain: "The Dragon King should be punished by generations of people for violating the laws of heaven; If you want to re-enter the Lingxiao Pavilion, unless the golden beans bloom. "
In order to understand and save the Dragon King, people look for blooming golden beans everywhere. On the second day of the second lunar month, when people are drying corn seeds, they think this corn looks like golden beans. Don't golden beans bloom when they are fried? So every household popped popcorn and put a case in the yard to burn incense for the blooming "Golden Bean".
The Dragon King looked up and knew that it was the people who saved it. He shouted to the jade emperor, "The golden beans are blooming, let me in quickly!" As soon as the Jade Emperor saw that the golden beans in the yard of every household in the world were in full bloom, he would send a message to the Dragon King, asking him to return to heaven and continue to give sex to the world. Since then, people have formed a habit. On the second day of February, they will eat popcorn.