Another name for lunar month

The nicknames of each month in the lunar calendar are as follows:

1, the first month: When Qin Shihuang was in power, "Zheng" and "Ying Zheng" were homophonic, so the first month was changed to "Duanyue".

2. February: The earth is green, everything is reviving, and apricot flowers are in bud, so February is also called "Apricot Moon".

March: In March, peach blossoms are in full bloom, beautiful and fragrant, which is naturally called "Peach Blossom Moon".

April: Everything has long leaves, lush green, and locust trees have yellow and white petals, so April is called "Huai Yue".

May: On the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of May, many people hang calamus on their doors, so May is also called "Puyue".

6. June: It is hot in the dog days of June, and only the lotus flowers in the lotus pond are graceful, so it is called "Lotus Moon".

July: July 7th is the month when women in China "beg for cleverness" from Vega in the sky, and July is also called "clever month".

August: Osmanthus fragrans blooms everywhere in August, which is a beautiful scenery that people are eager to sing, so it is called "Gui Yue".

9. September: In September of the lunar calendar, thousands of trees are bleak, and the unique blooming chrysanthemums give people vitality and warmth, so it is also called "Juyue".

10, October: In October, the lotus shows the sun, also known as "clear moon".

1 1, November: It is also called "Gu Yue", which means to go to the old and welcome the new.

12, December: In ancient times, the December of the lunar calendar was called the twelfth month, so the December of the lunar calendar was called the twelfth month.

The characteristics of the lunar calendar:

Lunar calendar is the current modern calendar in China, which belongs to the combined calendar of yin and yang, that is, the combined calendar of lunar calendar and solar calendar. According to the changing cycle of the moon phase, each moon phase changes to one month, and the reference solar year is the length of one year, plus 24 solar terms and leap months, so that the average calendar year adapts to the tropic year.

The combination of lunar calendar and solar calendar in lunar calendar forms the method of combining yin and yang. Because of the use of "Xia Zheng", it was called Li Xia in ancient times. Lunar calendar is a new calendar used after 1970, and its years are divided into flat years and leap years, with flat years 12 months and leap years 13 months. Month is divided into big month and small month, with 30 days in big month and 29 days in small month, and the average calendar month is equal to the full moon.