DragonHeads-raisingDayfallsontheseconddayofthesecondlunarmonth,whichisatraditionalfestival.In"ImperialCapitalAccountsAboutSeasons",PanRongbiinQingDynastywrotethefollowing:TheseconddayistheDragonHeads-raisingDay.Ontheday,farmersandvillagersmadeanashpathintothehousesandkitchens,thenwindaroundthewatervatsfromtheoutside.Thisiscalledleadingthedragonsbacktohouses.Peopleinthecapitalcityfrybroomcornmilletflour,cakesmadeofwheatflouranddates,huskedwheatrice,andotherthingsastheirfood.Theycallthis"fumigatinginsects".

　　Dragonsareauspiciousomen,forwhichChinesepeoplehaveanadmirationthatborderedonworship.Dragonsdominatewindandrain.Soinancientdays,everytimewhentherewasadrought,peoplewouldmakeastrawdragonwithsorghumstalksaboutonezhang(3.33meters).Theninfrontofthestrawdragon,fourmencarriedtheDragonKing’smemorialtabletonatablettrayandinfrontofit,peopleperformacrobatics,singinganddancing,aswalkingonstilts,doingyanggedance,gongs,drumsandflagsleadingtheway.Everywherecontingentofparadepassed,everyfamilyofferedsacrifices,burnedincensesandcandlestoworshiptheDragonKing.Whenthestrawdragonpassedby,peoplewouldcarrybucketsandsprinklewateroverthestrawdragonandthedragondancers.TheybelievethattheDragonKingwouldfeelgratefulandthenmakeplentifulrainforthemankind.