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二月二龙抬头

DragonHeads-RaisingDay

一、节日简介

（一）节日由来（Origin）

DragonHeads-RaisingDay,alsoknownasEryue’erFestival(“SecondMonthSecond”Festival),fallsontheseconddayofthesecondlunarmonth.ThefestivaloriginatedfromancientChineseastronomicalobservations:the“AzureDragonintheEast”(oneofthefourcelestialanimalsintraditionalChineseastronomy,composedofsevenconstellations)risesabovethehorizonaroundthistime,withtheHornConstellation(representingthedragon’shead)appearingfirst,hencethename“DragonRaisingItsHead”.EstablishedintheYuanDynasty,