At the beginning of February, two dragons looked up and talked about the traditional practices that were incorporated into their lives.

The Lantern Festival, the hustle and bustle of Yuanxiao has not been completely silent. In the evening, I sit alone in the bookstore, thoughts like the ripples of water flickering, reverie, the mind loomed out of a long absence of the picture, as if the old stereoscopic in front of my eyes again. I am full of silver hair, at this time wandering through time and space, back to the more than 60 years of the soul of the dream around the hometown.

My hometown Shangshui County da Jiang Lou Village, is a near Shahe Old River ancient village. Ancestral Old house According to Shahe River, green Tile Cottage, Elm Huai, secluded picturesque. The old house of brick, plants, I still remember vividly. My home old curtilage West "Skylight Cloud shadow altogether wandering" north and south stretches the long narrow water pond, the pond side spreads the lotus root. In the summer, Lotus Blossom, fragrance far overflow, can smell the fragrance of people's heart. In addition to the Lotus, the soul of the dream around is the old house in the northwest corner of the moss-covered land temple. The Temple of the land is very small, and the land is enshrined in the public and land granny. The Earth Emperor Temple is usually very deserted, at the beginning of 15 only individual believers come to burn incense wish. Festivals are another scene. Especially before and after the Spring Festival and before and after, the village men, women and children, all pull the son pulls the girl, wears the red wears the green, gathers here, the sea of sea, is not lively.

At the beginning of the February, two was the auspicious days of the Dragon's rise. On this day, the ancestors handed down the old rules, men can spring plowing, women can not do sewing. This is the local taboo, afraid to do sewing, silver needle tie blind longan. If the Blind Longan, Blind dragon lying can not hing rain, crop drought, grain destruction, that also got. Therefore, every February, two have gongs and drums worship dragon rain customs activities. My partner and I are young, no instrumental performance, had to meet every February in the early morning, to gather in the land before the temple, everyone or hold green bricks or take tiles, hard to hit the Beat, and loudly sing: "Softwares two, Pat WA, scorpion centipedes no claws." "," softwares two, knock bricks, I ask the Dragon King to rise quickly. "," The Dragon Head, under heavy rain, more dozen millet grind good rice. ”...... The temple before the group of children approximately crazy caper, the voice of laughter aroused the river in the river, the river sleeping next to the village, this scene this feeling, so that I can not forget the whole life.

February, nickname Mid-spring, Yangchun, Yan Chun, Fanchun and so on. At the beginning of the February, the ancient is a festival. Middle and festival, originated from Middle Tang. "Tang book" Li Yu Inkling detailed records. At the beginning of the February two dragons looked up, ancient Yue Chun long festival. is an important national traditional festival of our nation. At this time, the Spring Festival just over, hard busy field farm work will be fully launched, people must do a good material preparation, in the Spirit also hope the weather, pray for the gods, in order to obtain a bumper harvest. "Dragon Head" a word, the earliest see "Ming Liu Dong" Emperor Beijing Scenery slightly "volume Two" spring field: ' Softwares two, the Dragon Head ', steamed New Year's Day, the rest of the cake, smoked bed kang, yue, ' smoked worm son '. It is not the worm that leads the dragon. ”

Qing Pan "Dili when Guixieng" said: "February two for the Dragon up Day, the villagers with ash from outside the door winding cloth into the house kitchen, call for the lead dragon back." People use millet noodles, jujube, Mami and other things oil fry for food, Yue smoked worms. ”

In ancient times, "dragon is the Long worm". The ancients believed that the dragon out of the hundred insects dormant. Therefore, in the early February, two of the dragon, but hope to borrow Longwei to superior to stir up the hundred insects, the purpose is to pray for agricultural harvest and human and animal peace.

In addition to describing, praising and documenting dragons, the image of the dragon is more active in both inside and outside the Great Wall of the motherland. With the word of the city, mountains and rivers are also a lot of sculpture painted dragon-shaped ancient building community, all over the motherland. Even outside the foreign land, there are many dragon decoration patterns of ancient buildings fall, distributed around the world.

At present, the glorious image of the dragon not only goes deep into the life of more than 50 nationalities in the Earth, but with the development of China's reform and opening-up and the spread of the foreign studies, Dragon culture has already crossed the country to the world. Many countries now have the Spring Festival Dragon dance activities, this shows that the impact of the Chinese dragon is wide. We are proud to be descendants of dragons and descendants of Dragons.