What month is it in Xia Meng?

The first month of summer, that is, April, is Xia Meng, which is represented by four in the twelve earthly branches. This month is the lunar calendar.

Xia Meng includes two solar terms: Long Summer and Xiaoman. "Summer" means "big", which means that the plants sown in spring have grown upright. In the book "Eight Notes on Respect for Life" in the Ming Dynasty, it was written: "On the day of summer dreams, heaven and earth will meet, and everything is beautiful. It means: April of the lunar calendar is the turn of spring and summer, and everything is scrambling to grow thick, which is the most prosperous at this time. The ancients believed that the weather would be more suitable for crop growth from the beginning of long summer.