A child has a simulated hair cut at a kindergarten in Guangping county, Handan city, North China's Hebei province, on Feb 21, 2023. (CHENG XUEHU / CHINA DAILY)

The Longtaitou Festival, or Eryueer Festival, which means "dragon raises head" in Chinese, is a traditional Chinese festival held on the second day of the second month in the Chinese lunar calendar. The festival falls on Feb 21 this year.

Ancient people believed that after the second day of the second month on the Chinese lunar calendar, the rain will increase because the rain-bringing Dragon King has awakened from his winter sleep.

The festival is a reflection of the ancient agrarian Chinese culture, and although some of the old ways to celebrate the festival are no longer in practice, some still carry on.

Students play games wearing hand-made dragon head decorations in Guangraolu Elementary School in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, on Feb 20, 2023. (WANG HAIBIN / CHINA DAILY)

Children perform a dragon dance at a kindergarten in Fengrun district, Tangshan, Hebei province. (ZHU DAYONG / CHINA DAILY)

People put on a performance with "ribbon dragons" at the ancient city of Qingzhou scenic spot in Weifang, East China's Shandong province, on Feb 20, 2023. (WANG JILIN / CHINA DAILY)

The Miao villager dance with lusheng (reed pipes) to celebrate the Longtaitou Festival, in Dongtou village, Dongtou town, the Rongshui Miao autonomous county in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Feb 20, 2023. (LONG LINZHI / CHINA DAILY)

A lion dance performance is put on in a scenic spot in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Feb 20, 2023. (YU XIANGQUAN / CHINA DAILY)