Longtaitou Festival
Longtaitou | |
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Observed by | China |
Date | Second day of the second month of the Chinese calendar |
2023 date | 21 February |
2024 date | 11 March[1] |
2025 date | 1 March |
2026 date | 20 March |
Frequency | Annual |
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Traditional Chinese | |||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 龙抬头 | ||||||||||||||
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The Longtaitou Festival (traditional Chinese:
The festival was established in the Yuan dynasty.[2] It is celebrated around the time of Jingzhe, one of the 24 solar terms.[4] The name jingzhe (
Today, Longtaitou Festival is celebrated in various ways, most of which are still identical to those practiced in the ancient times, including eating foods named after dragons: "dragon scale pancakes" (
In some places, it is also celebrated with a dragon dance.[7]
Another celebration is that Longtaitou Festival is the first day of the Taihao (
There were ancient traditions practiced during the festival, some of which are no longer part of the modern celebrations, including:
- Women should not practice sewing because needles could puncture the dragon's eyes.[2]
- Plant ashes were spread outside the house, inside the house, and around the water jug, to symbolize inviting the dragon to provide enough rain for good harvests.[2]
- In parts of southern China it is considered the birthday of Tudi Gong (
土地 公 誕辰 ), and people used to celebrate with firecrackers.[5] - Due to worship of the dragon, some people eat food with the word "dragon"[4][2] to bring good luck and good weather all year round.
The Zhonghe Festival was an official festival and holiday in the Tang dynasty, celebrated on the day before the Longtaitou Festival: on the first day of the second month of the Chinese calendar.[2] It continued to be observed into the Qing dynasty.[2] The first day of the second lunar month is also considered the birthday of the Taoist Sun God.
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References[edit]
- ^ "Longtaitou Festival 2024". Rove. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
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二 月 二為何龍抬頭". 1 May 2009. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. - ^ Wei, Liming (2010). Chinese Festivals: Traditions, Customs and Rituals (Second ed.). Beijing. pp. 29–31. ISBN 9787508516936.
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二 月 二 "龙抬头"喝 龙眼粥 吃 龙须面 ".人民 网. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. - ^ "镇江扬中:
二 月 二 "龙抬头"舞 老 龙吃龙须面 _我 苏网". www.ourjiangsu.com. Retrieved 2 April 2023. - ^ a b "
太 昊 陵 庙会". 5 August 2012. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012.