What months are Ji Chun, midsummer, Qiu Meng and Jidong?

Ji Chun refers to March of the lunar calendar, Xia Meng refers to April of the lunar calendar, and Mid-Autumn Festival refers to August of the lunar calendar. Ji Chun, Xia Meng and Mid-Autumn Festival are folk sayings in China, so they usually refer to the lunar month.

There are three months in each of the four lunar seasons, arranged in the order of "Meng", "Zhong" and "Ji", that is, the first month of each season is "Meng", the second month is "Zhong" and the third month is "Ji". For example, the three months of spring are called Meng Chun, Midspring and Ji Chun respectively.

The first month, February and March of lunar spring, April, May and June of summer, July, August and September of autumn, and October, November and December of winter.

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The concepts of "1" and "late summer moon" were formally put forward by Zou Yan during the Warring States Period. Based on the theory of five elements, Zou Yan added the last month of summer to the four seasons of the year to become five o'clock.

August is the second month of autumn, which was called Mid-Autumn Festival in ancient times, so it is called Mid-Autumn Festival by the people.

November and December of the lunar calendar are called winter month and twelfth month respectively. The first ten days of a lunar month are customarily called the first day in sequence, such as the second day of the first month.

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