The traditional Chinese Longtaitou festival, or Dragon Head Raising Day, falls on the second day of the second lunar month every year. A well-known saying goes, "Er yue er, long tai tou". The dragon is very i in Chinese culture. It is said that it has power over the wind and rain.
Old people (believe) that after the day of Longtaitou, there would be more and more rain, because the rain-bringing Dragon King woke up from his winter sleep. So the day of Longtaitou marked (标志) the e of winter and the start of spring. Farmers believed that. . the help of Dragon King, farming would be easier and they could e一for a good harvest (丰收) in autumn. .
There are many w to celebrate the festival. The most famous tradition is f (get) a haircut. Many believe that going to the barber's on this day gets rid of (除去) bad luck. Among Chinese festival traditions, there is always a place for f. For example, people in East China (usual) eat tofu balls during the festival. They m tofu and vegetable balls to wish a good wish for family and business. Other foods, like noodles, dumplings and spring rolls, are named after dragon body parts to mark the day. Noodles are dragon's beard (longxu). Dumplings are dragon's ears (long'er). And spring rolls are dragon's scales (longlin).
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