二月二爆玉米花的习俗由来
According to the folk legend, the 2nd day of the second lunar month is the very day for the dragon king who is in charge of clouds and rains to raise his head. After that day, there will be more and more rain, so that day is also called Spring Dragon Day. Most Chinese northern farmers believe that with the help of that day, all stores, big and small, will be full of grain. Every year when this day comes, those Chinese northern people will carry the lanterns, in the morning to fetch water from the wells and the rivers. They will light the candles, burn incense and play tribute to the dragon king. In the old times people called this "welcome the fields dragon." On that day, all the families will eat noodles or fried glutinous rice blocks, and pop corn to enjoy happiness.
根据民间传说,农历二月初二是长官云雨的龙王抬头之日。过了龙抬头这天,雨水充沛,所以这天被称为春龙界。中国北方的农民深信龙抬头后雨水充足这事,到时粮仓无论大小都会装满粮食。每当春龙节到来,中国北方都会舞龙,大部分地区在这天早晨家家户户打着灯笼到井边或河边挑水。回到家里便点灯、烧香、上供,理发(有习俗正月理发死舅舅)。旧时,人们把这种仪式叫做鈥溡锪潯U庖惶欤壹一ЩЩ挂悦嫣酢⒄ㄓ透狻⒈衩谆ǎū茸魑溙袅封潯⑩湷粤ㄢ潯⑩溄鸲箍ǎ跎欤嗽撇加辏骞确岬氢潱允炯臁
A popular fairy tale in the north of China can tell the origin of the day. When Wu Zetian, the empress, in the Tang Dynasty came into power, the Heaven God was so angry that he ordered the dragon kings to stop raining for 3 years. Soon after this, the dragon king who was in charge of the heaven river heard the bitter cries from the folk, saw many people starve to death. He was afraid that there would be no life in no time. Then he went against the Heaven God's order and gave the folk a heavy rain. Because of this, the dragon king was thrown into the folk world by the Heaven God and pressed under a large mountain.
北方庆春龙节还因为另外一个传说。相传唐朝,武则天登位做了皇帝,玉帝大怒,命令龙王三年之内不能降雨。但龙王日日听闻百姓哭泣,见无数百姓音饥饿而死,他担心很快地球上就没有生命了。于是他违背玉帝旨意,给老百姓降了一场大雨。玉帝得知后,将司掌天河的玉龙打下天宫,压在一座大山下面。(山下还立了一块碑,上面写道:龙王降雨犯天规,当受人间千秋罪。要想重登灵霄阁,除非金豆开花时。)
Then the folk hurried to look for gold beans everywhere in order to save him from the pressure. On the 2nd day of the 2nd lunar month the next year, when people were drying the corn seeds in the sun, they thought of the corn seeds as gold beans because when they were roasted, they would pop in blossom like gold beans. So all the families began to pop corn and burn incense and put gold beans on desks. When the dragon king raised his head, he knew the folk were trying to save him, so he shouted to the God, "Gold beans are in blossom, so let me out." After the Heaven God saw all gold beans in blossom in all families, he had to give his order to ask the dragon king to return to the heaven palace and go on with his job of making clouds and rains for the folk. Since then, it has been the folk custom to eat pop corn on the 2nd day of the 2nd lunar month. In fact, after the 2nd lunar month, since there will be more and more rain which marks the end of little-rain winter. This is a clear characteristic of the monsoon climate in North China.
人们为了拯救龙王,到处寻找开花的金豆。到了第二年二月初二这一天,人们正在翻晒金黄的玉米种子,猛然想起,这玉米就象金豆,炒开了花,不就是金豆开花吗?于是家家户户爆玉米花,并在院里设案焚香,供上鈥溈ǖ慕鸲光潱ㄈ昧鹾陀竦劭醇A踔勒馐前傩赵诰人痛笊蛴竦酆暗剑衡溄鸲箍耍盼页鋈ィ♀澯竦垡豢慈思浼壹一Щг豪锝鸲够ǹ牛缓么停趸氐教焱ィ绦思湫嗽撇加辍4哟艘院螅窦湫纬闪讼肮撸康蕉露庖惶欤嗣蔷捅衩谆ǎ灿谐炊沟摹
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