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What month is the winter month?

Introduction to Winter Moon

Winter Moon refers to the November of the lunar calendar, also known as Gu Yue, Long Moon, Late October and Midwinter. Idioms about winter months include cold winter months, which refer to the coldest three months before the Spring Festival, namely1October,1month and1February.

Names of other months

January is the beginning of a year, so it is generally called January, Liu Yue, the end of the month, the first month, jiayue and the new moon.

In February, everything began to recover, tender grass began to sprout, and apricot flowers were in bud, so it was also called Apricot Moon, Mid-spring and Zhongyang.

Apricot blossoms in March are pink in color, so they are called peach month, late spring, silkworm month, last spring and spring day.

In April, trees begin to turn green, and Sophora japonica flowers are in full bloom, so they are called Huaiyue, Xia Meng, Shouxia and Early Summer.

In May, when the Dragon Boat Festival comes, people put wormwood on the door, so it is also called Puyue, Midsummer and Midsummer.

In June, the lotus is in full bloom, so it is also called Lotus Month.

July is also called Qiao Yue, because it is called Qiao Yue Festival in July.

In August, because Mid-Autumn Festival and osmanthus are in full bloom, there are Gui Yue and Mid-Autumn Festival.

September is the beginning of autumn, so September is also called early autumn, poor autumn, cool autumn and so on.

October can also be called YueYang and Meng Dong.