What does Qiu Meng mean?

Qiu Meng refers to the first month in autumn and the seventh month in the lunar calendar.

The first month of autumn, that is, July of the lunar calendar, is arranged according to the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar. Usually: the seventh month of the lunar calendar is Qiu Meng, which is the day when solar terms such as beginning of autumn and early summer are located; August is mid-autumn, and solar terms are the days when the Millennium and the autumnal equinox are located; September is the season and autumn, and the solar terms are the days of cold dew and first frost.

Autumn is also called golden autumn. After beginning of autumn, the hot weather has weakened, getting cooler every day, and everything has changed with time.

Meng Chun, Midspring, Ji Chun, Xia Meng, Midsummer, Late Summer, Qiu Meng, Midautumn, Qiu Ji, Mengdong, Midwinter and Jidong "are in turn1~1February of the lunar calendar.

Extended data:

In ancient times, the eldest son was called Meng; The second son is called Zhong; The third son is Ji. That is, the first, the second and the third. (or Uncle Zhong Ji)

Used in seasons, a season is divided into three parts: Meng, Zhong and Ji, such as early spring (Meng), middle spring (Zhong) and late spring (Ji). The division of seasons comes from the ranking of brothers.

In the China lunar calendar, the ancients divided a year into four parts: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Further, each quarter is divided into three parts, namely Meng Zhongji, such as summer, Xia Meng in April, summer in May and the last month of summer in June. So it's also the month. The first month of each season is called Meng, the second month is called Zhong, and the third month is called Ji.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Qiu Meng