What month is May of the lunar calendar called?

May of the lunar calendar is called noon month, last month, evil month, May and June. The fifth month of the lunar calendar, that is, the fifth month of the year, is midsummer month. At noon, midsummer, the day after tomorrow, gossip is due south. Judging from the 24 solar terms, the fifth month of the lunar calendar has reached midsummer, so it is called "midsummer" and "midsummer".

Another name for the fifth lunar month.

Noon Moon: In ancient China, people also matched twelve months with twelve earthly branches, and May was also called "noon moon".

Duanyang and Duanyue: The fifth day of May is the "heavy noon". Because the ancients often regarded "noon" as "sunshine", it can also be called "Duanyang".

Bad Moon: In ancient times, different parts of China had different customs. In some parts of northern China, the folk custom holds that the fifth month of the lunar calendar is a poisonous month. Due to the great changes in nature and ecology after the summer, people have a lot of psychological fears, resulting in many taboos such as "covering your body, not being impatient, not being sexy again".

Pu Yue: In May, herbs are flourishing, and in May, calamus is the most abundant. Acorus calamus, as one of the "four elegant flowers", grows on the riverside, is slim, green and fragrant, and is deeply loved by people. Drinking calamus wine and inserting calamus leaves has also become an important custom of exorcism on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. People also call May "Puyue".

Liu Yue: Liu Yue was named after the most blooming pomegranate flowers in May, and Han Yu wrote a poem "Liu Huaming in May". In the early May of ancient times, little girls in Beijing wore orange or scarlet pomegranate flowers as hairpins and dressed themselves beautifully. Later, they called the fifth day of the fifth lunar month "Daughter's Day".