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What month did the ancients call May?

Meng Chun, Midspring, Ji Chun, Xia Meng, Midsummer, Late Summer, Qiu Meng, Midautumn, Qiu Ji, Mengdong, Midwinter and Jidong.

May is the fifth month of the Gregorian calendar year, and it is a big month. * * * There is 3 1 day. In the northern hemisphere, May is the third month of spring. There are two solar terms this month: Long Summer and Xiaoman. In the southern hemisphere, May is the third month of autumn.

The English name (May) may come from Maia, the goddess of harvest and reproduction in Roman mythology, or Bona Dea, the goddess who celebrated festivals in May, or from the Latin maiores (meaning "older people").

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Holidays in May:

May 1 day: Labor Day (also known as May Day, International Demonstration Day), the first week of May will be a public holiday in Britain.

May 3rd: Japanese Constitution Day is a public holiday.

May 4th: China People's May 4th Youth Day, May 4th Movement Memorial Day, Science and Technology Communication Day and Peking University Celebration Day. Japan Green Day (1948 to April 29th, 2006)

May 5: Japan Children's Day

May 7: National Masturbation Day in the United States.

May 8: Victory Day, World Red Cross Day.

May 9: Victory Day of the Great Patriotic War in most countries of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and United Nations Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation.

May 12: International Nurses' Day

May 16: Malaysia Vesak Festival, International Milk Festival and International White Rice Festival.

May 17: World Telecommunication Day, International Anti-Homosexuality Day.

May 18: International Museum Day and Cross-Strait Economic and Trade Fair

May 25th: Africa Liberation Day, Argentina Revolution Memorial Day, Sudan Revolution Festival, World Stroke Prevention Day, International Day of Missing Children.

May 26th: World Human Situation Challenge Day and National Apology Day.

May 29th: International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, adopted by resolution 57/ 129 on February 6th, 2002.

May 30th: National Day of Croatia, Memorial Day of American Soldiers, Memorial Day of Joan of Arc of France.

May 3 1 day: World No Tobacco Day (also known as World No Tobacco Day, World No Tobacco Day)

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