How the 12 months are divided into spring, summer, fall and winter

We know that there are four seasons in a year, spring, summer, fall and winter, so how to divide spring, summer, fall and winter in 12 months of the year? In fact, there are many ways to divide the four seasons, generally there are six methods of division. China's traditional method of dividing the four seasons, is to twenty-four seasons in the four standing as the beginning of the four seasons. Such as the spring Lichun (February 4 or 5) as the starting point, as the beginning of spring, to Lixia (May 5 or 6) as the beginning of summer, Lichu (August 7 or 8) as the beginning of autumn, Lichun (November 8 or 9) as the beginning of winter.

China's folk custom to use the lunar month to divide the four seasons. January to March of the lunar calendar for the spring, April to June for the summer, July to September for the fall, October to December for the winter. The first day of the first month is the first day of the year and the first day of spring, so it is also called the Spring Festival.

Climate statistics, because January is generally the coldest month, so the spring, for March, April and May; summer, for June, July and August; fall, for September, October and November; and winter, for December, January and February. This classification of seasons is more suitable for temperate regions with four distinct seasons.