The second day of the second lunar month in 2022 falls on Friday, March 4 of the solar calendar. There is a traditional custom to get a haircut on the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar every year.
It is widely believed that shaving your head on this day will make you lucky and lucky, therefore, the folk proverb says “shave your head on the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, you will have a spiritual head all year long”. Every February 2 this day, the family barber store is full of customers, business is booming.
“February 2, the dragon raises its head, every man shaves the dragon’s head”. In the old days, there is a folk saying “rich or poor, shave your head for the New Year”. Before the Spring Festival shaved head haircut to February 2, has been more than a month, it is the need to shave the haircut time. The second day of February, the dragon raises its head, is an auspicious day, and over time, the custom of shaving the head on the second day of February has been formed.
On the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, spring returns to the earth and it is the time to sow crops and the earth is thirsty for rain. In Chinese culture, the dragon is an auspicious object that dominates the wind and rain, and there is a proverb that says “if the dragon does not raise its head, the sky will not rain”. In folklore, people choose to shave their heads on this day in order to hope for a good omen of good luck.
The ancients thought that there is a pattern for the dragon to hide and appear. In late autumn and winter, it hides in the water, and only in spring does it show its head and fly into the sky after the spring equinox. Obviously, the basis of the saying “February 2, the dragon raises its head” is based on this habit of the dragon.
