February 2nd is a traditional festival in China, which is called the Dragon Head Festival. Also known as Spring Dragon Festival, Spring Farming Festival and Farming Festival, it indicates that a year's farming activities are about to begin, and people welcome dragons for rain and pray for a bumper harvest.

In terms of solar terms, the early February of the lunar calendar is between rain, fright and vernal equinox, and many places in China have begun to enter the rainy season. The ancients believed that this was the contribution of the dragon, which held a very high position in the minds of China people. It was not only regarded as an auspicious thing, but also as the master of weathering rain.

According to folklore, the dragon will wake up on February 2nd and travel for nine days, creating wind and rain, bringing showers, nourishing the fertile land in the world and protecting the descendants of On Behalf Oflong. So, there is the saying that the dragon looked up on February 2.

Dragon Head Rise or Zhonghe Festival in Tang Dynasty

In the Tang Dynasty, the second day of February was called the Zhonghe Festival, commonly known as the Dragon Head Up. In the Tang Dynasty, Zhonghe Festival was originally set on the first day of February in the lunar calendar. On this day, officials will have a day off, the emperor will entertain ministers in the court, and he will also give ministers around him a beautifully made ruler, asking officials to act appropriately and enforce the law fairly.

Astronomical trial season

It is said that the rise of the dragon on February 2 can also explain its origin from ancient astronomy. Experts suggest that in ancient China, the positions of the sun, moon and stars in the sky were represented by 28 nights, which can be used to judge the seasons. In the twenty-eight lodging houses, the horn, sound, rafter, room, heart, tail and dustpan constitute a complete dragon constellation, among which the horn is like the dragon's horn. After the spring breeze in February, the Dragon Horn Star (i.e. arcturus 1 and arcturus 2) appeared from the eastern horizon at dusk, so it was called the Dragon Head Up. What are the benefits of keeping in good health from scratch on February 2?

1, reach the sun be the spirit

Health theory says: comb your hair one or two hundred times every morning in spring and March. At this time, the yang of the human body conforms to nature and has the characteristics of rising upwards and outwards. The head is the meeting of all yang, and combing your hair more every day is beneficial to yang and dredge qi and blood.

2, brain and anti-aging

Combing the hair is not only a massage to the scalp, but also can stimulate the scalp acupuncture points, promote the expansion of intracranial blood vessels, and then play a role in strengthening the brain and preventing aging.

Step 3 deal with headaches

By combing the hair and stimulating the scalp, the tense nerves are relaxed and the tense and spasmodic blood vessels are relaxed, so it has therapeutic effects on angioneurotic headache, migraine, neurasthenia and other diseases.

Step 4 nourish hair

Combing hair can stimulate scalp peripheral nerves, improve and improve the blood circulation of the head, which is very effective in improving hair quality and reducing hair loss.

5. Prevention and treatment of diseases

As the saying goes, combing your hair a thousand times will reduce your illness by half. There are many acupoints in the front, side, back and neck of your head. Patients with hypertension, arteriosclerosis and neurasthenia can play an auxiliary role in prevention and treatment by combing their hair and stimulating relevant acupoints.