Why is August called clear autumn?

Clear autumn refers to autumn, especially late autumn. Clear autumn also refers to clear and bright autumn, because it happens in August, so August is also called clear autumn.

Autumn is one of the four seasons. In China, traditionally, "beginning of autumn" in the 24 solar terms is taken as the starting point of autumn. Entering autumn means that rainfall and humidity tend to decrease or decrease, and everything in nature begins to mature from lush.

The origin of nicknames

1, Zhuang Yue: "Erya Shi Tian": "August is strong." Hao Yixing was generous: "A strong man is great. August is full of yin. "

2. Gui Yue: According to legend, there is laurel in the middle of the month, hence the name. Source: Yu Xin's "I Gu Ming in Zhong Nanshan": "Gui Yue is in danger, and the wind is Man Chun."

3. Mid-Autumn Festival: According to the China lunar calendar, August is the second month of autumn, which was called Mid-Autumn Festival in ancient times.

4. Upper Middle School: The Book of Beginners (Volume 3) quoted by Emperor Liang Yuan of the Southern Dynasties: "The Mid-Autumn Festival in August is also called Upper Middle School."

5. Clear autumn: autumn, especially late autumn. Clear autumn also means sunny and bright autumn. It is also recognized as August.

6. Zhengqiu: August of the lunar calendar. Yi Shuo Gua: "It's autumn, everything says."

7, Guiqiu: In August of the lunar calendar, osmanthus fragrance, hence the name. Tang Wei-Cong's Poems on the Moon and Stars: "Its leisure is its loneliness."