中国文化博览:中华民俗之二月二龙抬头,爆米花_英美文化

中国文化博览:中华民俗之二月二龙抬头,爆米花

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，供上开花的金豆，专让龙王和玉帝看见。龙王知道这是百姓在救它，就大声向玉帝喊到：金豆开花了，放我出去！玉帝一看人间家家户户院里金豆花开放，只好传谕，诏龙王回到天庭，继续给人间兴云布雨。从此以后，民间形成了习惯，每到二月二这一天，人们就爆玉米花，也有炒豆的。

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