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What's the name from January to December?

January: the first month, the end of the month, the lunar month, the beginning of the New Year, the Chinese New Year, the early spring, Meng Chun and Xinzheng; ?

February: the month of life, such as the moon, the beautiful moon, the apricot moon, the fragrant fragrance and the mid-spring; ?

March: Silkworm Moon, Peach Moon, Tongyue, Ji Chun, Xiaochun, Kite Time, Taoliang, Cherry Shooting Time;

April: Yuyue, Yinyue, Meiyue, Qinghe, early summer, Meng Xia, Zhengyang and Zhu Ming;

May: Gaoyue, Liuyue, Puyue, Midsummer, Depressed Steaming and Midday; ?

June: and the month, Jiao Yue, He Yue, Xia Yue, Fu Yue, Jingyang, The Last Month Of Summer;

July: Xiangyue, Lanyue, Liangyue, Guayue, Qiaoyue, Mengqiu, early autumn and early autumn;

August: Zhuangyue, Gui Yue, Mid-Autumn, Mid-Autumn, Zhengqiu and Zhongshang; ?

September: Xuan Yue, Juyue, Qingnvyue, Jiqiu, Poor Autumn and Chaoqiu;

October: cloudy, sunny, positive, sunny, early winter, early winter, early winter and late winter;

November: winter moon, lucky moon, smooth moon and mid-winter; ?

December: full moon, waxed moon, twelfth moon, seasonal winter, twilight winter, remnant winter, late winter and fine moon.

Extended information

The lunar calendar is a traditional calendar in China, and it has other names, such as lunar calendar, Chinese calendar, summer calendar, Chinese calendar, and Chinese calendar. However, the lunar calendar is not a lunar calendar, but a combination of yin and yang. Take the change period of the moon phase as the length of the month, refer to the length of the tropic year of the sun, and set 24 solar terms and leap months to adapt the average calendar year to the tropic year.

according to the first year of emperor Xuanyuan, the ancestor of China, this year is the 4715 Year of the Dog Movement (February 16th, 218-February 4th, 219), and our traditional calendar is 2697 years earlier than the western calendar, and the year of +2697 is the year of our traditional calendar.

There are many records about the lunar calendar in ancient books and Oracle Bone Inscriptions, and a large number of historical books record that the lunar calendar began in the era of the Yellow Emperor. It is generally believed that the calendar rule of the unity of yin and yang in the lunar calendar originated in the Shang Dynasty.

in p>1912, China began to use the Western calendar and the traditional Chinese calendar in conjunction with the lunar calendar. With the Chinese people's attention to traditional culture, the calendar year is of great significance to a country and a nation, and more and more Chinese people support it to further enhance the status of the traditional Chinese calendar.

People's Daily, founded by the League of China during the Republic of China, adopted the calendar of the Yellow Emperor. After the Wuchang Uprising, the Hubei military government also adopted the calendar of the Yellow Emperor, and the provincial governments followed suit. After Sun Wen became the interim president of the Republic of China, he issued the regulation that the Republic of China should change to the solar calendar, and the first day of the first year of the Republic of China, that is, November 13, 1911, was the first year of the lunar calendar, and the two calendars should be used together.

The lunar calendar, as an important carrier of Chinese culture, has a far-reaching influence. In 215, there was a proposal from the National People's Congress, which once again raised the status of the traditional lunar calendar in China, causing heated discussion in society.

Traditional festivals in various regions and ethnic minority areas in China are calculated by the lunar calendar. Up to now, most countries and ethnic groups in the Chinese character cultural circle still follow the traditional festivals of the lunar calendar, such as Spring Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Chinese Valentine's Day.