Why do many Chinese people refuse to cut their hair during the first month of the lunar year? Tradition says that doing so will1cause your mother's brothers to die. Although it's not true, some people still2it.
3after a month's wait, many people usually cut their hair on Dragon Head-Raising Day. It was once4to line up outside of barber shops on this day.
Dragon Head-Raising Day-the second day of the second lunar month, which5on Mar. 14 this year. It is an6traditional Chinese holiday. Ancient people believed that7this day, rainfall would increase because the rain-bringing Dragon King would wake up from his winter sleep. So that day is the start of8and farming.
A well-known phrase goes, "On the second day of the second month, the dragon9his head. "
Besides10their hair, there are also other ways to celebrate this holiday. For example, people eat food with "dragon names". People call noodles dragon's beard（龙须）（春卷）are dragon's scales（龙鳞）.
