Today is Dragon Heads-raising Day falls on the second day of the second lunar month, which is a traditional festival in China.
Dragons are auspicious omen, for which Chinese people have an admiration that bordered on worship. Dragons dominate wind and rain. So in ancient days, every time when there was a drought,people would make a straw dragon with sorghum stalks about 3.33 meters. Every family offered sacrifices, burned incenses and candles to worship the Dragon King. When the straw dragon passed by, people would carry buckets and sprinkle water over the straw dragon and the dragon dancers. They believe that the Dragon King would feel grateful and then make plentiful rain for the mankind.
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