Eating mustard rice on the second day of the second lunar month is a popular custom in Wenzhou. It is said that eating mustard rice will not cause scabies. In the old society, ordinary people lived in poverty and had a weak sense of health. In addition, there are many patients with skin diseases (such as scabies), who are easily infected. Mustard contains a lot of chlorophyll and vitamin C. Regular consumption of vegetables rich in chlorophyll and vitamin C can improve autoimmune ability and enhance resistance, which is good for human skin. Therefore, there is a saying that eating mustard rice does not cause scabies.
It is said that this custom has an interesting legend. One day, Emperor Qianlong visited the people incognito and went to a farmer's home in southern Zhejiang. He found that Zhang Man, who had read many poetry books when he was young, could not go to Beijing to catch the exam because of his poor family, so he had to study hard at home. Zhang was hospitable and invited Emperor Qianlong to have a light meal. Just as he was preparing to cook, Zhang found that there was not enough rice in the rice jar and there was nothing to eat. Zhang had a brainwave, and the plan came to mind. Tell his wife to prepare the fire first, go out from the back door and peel a handful of green and tender mustard in the garden, add some seasoning and cook a pot of white mustard rice. Emperor Qianlong was used to eating delicacies. By noon, he was already hungry. When he smelled the delicious mustard rice, his appetite increased greatly, and he ate it with relish and was full of praise. He even asked how to cook this green rice with white inside. Zhang's wife replied, "This is called mustard rice, and it won't cause scabies after eating it."
On this day, it happens to be the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, and the custom of eating mustard rice on the second day of February has been handed down since then.
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Eat pig's head on February 2 nd
On the second day of the second lunar month, dragons rise, big warehouse is full, and small warehouses keep flowing. When the Spring Festival comes, in most parts of northern China, every family carries lanterns to fetch water from wells or rivers. After returning home, they light lamps to burn incense and offer offerings, which is called "attracting dragons". On this day, every household will eat noodles, fried cakes, popcorn and pig's head meat. Compared with "picking the dragon's head" and "eating gentian", golden beans will bloom, the dragon king will ascend to heaven, the clouds will disperse and the grains will be abundant to show good luck. Why do you want to eat pig's head meat on February 2?
In ancient times, pig heads were used to worship ancestors and heaven. Northerners cook pig's heads on February 2, when the dragon looks up, because the first and fifteenth days of the first lunar month have passed, and February 2 is the last festival of the Spring Festival. The average farmer worked hard for a year, killing pigs and sheep on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. After the first month, all the pork killed in the twelfth lunar month was basically eaten, and only one pig head was left to eat on February 2.
On February 2, the dragon raised its head, and everything on the earth began to revive, and all animals and plants began to raise their heads. We should make a good start in the new year and welcome good weather. The Dragon King is in charge of rainfall. When he goes to the Heavenly Palace, farmers will offer the best sacrifices to the Dragon King. It seems that the pig's head is a sacrifice to ancestors and heaven.
Qiu Chi's Notes in the Song Dynasty recorded a story: Wang Zhongling was hungry after pacifying Bashu, so he broke into a small village temple and met a monk who was drunk with cigarettes. Wang Zhongling was furious and wanted to cut it, but he didn't know that the monk was afraid. Wang Zhongling was very surprised and asked him for food. Soon the monk presented a plate of "steamed pig's head" and wrote poems for it. When steaming, the banana leaves have been wrapped, and when cooked, water them with apricot paddles. Red, fresh and elegant, called Jin panting, ripe and soft, really like jade. Wang Zhongling ate a delicious steamed pig's head and was very happy after listening to the humorous and unique "pig's head poem", so he named the monk "Master of Purple Clothes". As the saying goes, "You can't find a temple with a pig's head in your hand" is even more self-evident. Don't be discouraged if you don't meet your talents. Sooner or later, you will find someone who can understand and accept you. It seems that eating pig's head on February 2nd is an ancient tradition and a symbol of good luck.
So how to eat pig's head meat on February 2 nd now? Think about the steamed pig's head that Wang Zhongling ate and the pig's head poem that he tasted. That scene has become history. Nowadays, the "pork noodle" invented by Beijing Jinsanyuan Restaurant is unusual. They gave pig's head the highest treatment, gave it the most fashionable name of the times, and won the first patent for cooking in China.
"Roasted pig's face" is made by selecting materials, cleaning, spray-baking, soaking, making sauce and other processes 12, and it can be served on the table after more than ten hours of cultivation. There are three kinds of "roast pig faces" when eating Jin Sanyuan. One is to eat as you like; The second is to dip in the sauce; The third is to roll pancakes to eat. Every way of eating has a different taste. "February 2nd" eats modern "pork noodles" and recalls the dining history of 5,000 years, which is the perfect embodiment of the blending of contemporary and history. "Roasted pig's face" is fat but not greasy, the meat and bones are separated, and it tastes delicious, which brings beauty and brain-strengthening effects to modern people. What's more gratifying is that the combination of modern high technology and market allows consumers to taste delicious "pork noodles" at home without going to restaurants. This is exactly: On February 2nd, Spring Dragon Festival, the descendants of dragons passed through the Year of the Loong, and the Year of the Loong wanted to eat pig's head meat.
February second. On the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, there is a saying in Handan that "on February 2, the dragon looks up, the big hoard is full, and the small hoard is flowing". According to the 24 solar terms, it was almost shocking after February 2. The earth thawed, the sky began to thunder, and all kinds of insects in the field began to come out and move. Because the snake is the "head of all insects", it is said that "the dragon looks up" is synonymous with insects starting to move, and because the dragon king is the "rain officer" of the jade emperor in folklore, he is in charge of the wind and rain, so people pray for the dragon god to bless the world with good weather. In the rural areas of Handan, we don't plow or rake the land on February 2, for fear of breaking the plow and raking the "dragon head", that is, the snake that just came out of hibernation and started to move. In terms of folk diet, you should eat noodles after February 2, which means to pick the dragon head. There is also a folk song in Handan, "February 2nd, windy, gathering dry firewood and spreading pancakes". Spreading pancakes means frying all kinds of pests, hoping for a bumper harvest.
February 2nd Begging Festival
On the second day of the second lunar month, girls in mountain villages near Cizhou have the custom of being flattering. On this day, the girls can get together freely, get dressed, bring millet, white flour, oil, salt, pots, bowls, pots, spoons and other tools and have a picnic together. This is the custom of "February 2 girls eat begging for a clever meal" handed down from ancient Cizhou. After the girls went up the mountain, they found a suitable place to have a picnic, then set up a stove, put on a pot, cook rice, stew small rice, wrap jiaozi and cook rice porridge. After the meal is done, the girls need to go to the bushes on the hillside to collect the red tip of a wild plant, and then sit around the picnic pot with five, six or more people for begging ceremony. The flattering ceremony is very attractive, and everyone who joins in must be carried out. Everyone covered a girl's eyes with a cloth, asked her to throw seven tips into the rice pot, and then asked her to stir them in the pot with chopsticks three times. However, when she picks up food with chopsticks, she can only eat seven bites. Everyone does this, and everyone must fill in seven tips before eating to show fairness. In this ceremony, any girl who can eat the needle tip will become a smart sister, which will be highly appreciated by the villagers and more people will visit their relatives. When the begging ceremony was over, the girls started formal wild silkworms and a day of entertainment.
Dragon Head Raising Day (Dragon Head Raising Festival)
According to folklore, every second day of the second lunar month is the day when the Dragon King, who is in charge of heavenly sexuality, looks up. After that, the rain will gradually increase. Therefore, this day is called the Spring Festival. There is a saying in northern China: "On February 2, the dragon looked up; Big warehouse is full and small warehouses are flowing. "Folk proverbs.
Whenever the Spring Festival comes, in most parts of northern China, every family carries lanterns to fetch water from wells or rivers in the morning, and when they get home, they light a fire, burn incense and offer offerings. In ancient times, people called this ceremony "attracting dragons". On this day, every household will eat noodles, fried cakes and popcorn, and compare "picking the dragon's head", "eating gentian", "golden beans blossom, the dragon king ascends to heaven, the clouds and rain rise, and the grains are abundant" to show good luck.
The origin of the Spring Festival, there is such a fairy tale among the people in northern China. Wu Zetian became emperor, which annoyed the Jade Emperor and told the Four Seas Dragon King not to rain on earth for three years. Soon, the Dragon King, who was in charge of Tianhe, listened to the cries of the people, watched the people starve to death, and worried that human life would be cut off, so he went against the jade emperor's will and sent rain for the sky. The Jade Emperor learned that the Dragon King had come down to earth and suffered at the foot of a big mountain. A monument was erected on the mountain:
The rain of the Dragon King violated heaven and should be punished by the human world.
If you want to go back to Lingxiao Pavilion, unless the golden beans bloom.
In order to save the Dragon King, people searched everywhere for golden beans in full bloom. On the second day of February of the following year, when people were drying corn seeds, they thought the corn looked like golden beans. It blooms when it's fried. Isn't it golden beans? Every household popped popcorn and put a case in the yard to burn incense for the "golden beans" that have already blossomed. The Dragon King looked up and knew that people had saved him. He shouted to the jade emperor, "The golden beans are blooming, let me out 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, people eat popcorn.
In fact, after February of the lunar calendar, the "rain" solar term will come, the phenomenon of little rain in winter will end, and the rainfall will gradually increase, which is originally the characteristic of the monsoon climate in North China.