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What month is spring?

Spring is divided into three stages, as follows:

1, Meng Chun (early spring)

Meng Chun, also known as early spring, is the first month of the four seasons and the first month of spring. It includes two solar terms: February 3rd to 5th in beginning of spring and February1August 20th in rainy season.

2. Midspring

Midspring is the second month of the lunar calendar after early spring, which includes two solar terms: March 5-7 and March 20-22, the vernal equinox.

3. Ji Chun (late spring)

Late spring is what we now understand as "late spring", such as "late spring in March". There are two solar terms: Qingming April 4-6 and Grain Rain April 19-2 1.

There are four seasons in a year, spring, summer, autumn and winter. Every three months is a season, namely, Meng, Zhong and Ji.

Spring is one of the four seasons. As far as solar terms are concerned, spring begins in the beginning of spring (February 2-5) and ends in the long summer (May 5-7). In Europe and America, spring begins at the vernal equinox in China and ends at the summer solstice.

Extended data:

The ancients divided a year into twelve months, and divided the twelve months into four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter, with an average of three months per season. So there were Meng Chun, Zhong Chun and Ji Chun; Xia Meng, midsummer, the last month of summer; Qiu Meng, Zhong Qiu, Qiu Ji; The names of Meng Dong, Zhong Dong and Ji Dong. The same method: a month is divided into Meng Zhongji, and Meng Zhongji is early, middle and late respectively.

The lunar year is divided into December, namely, the first month, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, winter and December. There are four seasons in a year, spring, summer, autumn and winter. Every three months is a season, namely, Meng, Zhong and Ji.

Meng Zhongshu is in the season, and he is also used to ranking in the four seasons. Whether there are more or less than four, "season" is the last one. If there are only three, it is the third. "Spring, summer, autumn and winter" is called "four seasons" because it is divided into three months (namely, Meng Chun, Midspring, Ji Chun, Xia Meng, Midsummer, Late Summer, Qiu Meng, Midautumn, Qiu Ji, Mengdong, Midwinter and Jidong).

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Meng Chun