[January Mengchun].
The first month of the lunar calendar is called Meng Chun, and Meng Chun is the first month of spring, when everything reveals new green, so it is regarded as a new beginning.
In addition, January is also the first of the four seasons, and in order to indicate the alternation of seasons and the passage of time, people are also accustomed to refer to January as Meng Chun.
Meng Chun is the good name of January, representing new beginnings and the beginning of hope.
[February: Flower Dynasty].
February is the season of spring, when everything comes back to life, the vegetation is thriving, and all kinds of flowers begin to bloom, presenting a scene of blooming.
Therefore, people refer to February as the Flower Dynasty to express praise and love for spring and flowers.
There is also a legend that the Flower Dynasty Festival originated from the day when Nuwa created people, and the Nuwa clan created flowers on this day, and designated February 15 every year as the Flower Dynasty Festival.
[March, Warbler Time].
March is the last month of spring, the scenery at this time is bright and bright, the grass and trees are lush, and the cry of the yellow warbler is also the most pleasant to the ear, so March is also called the time of the warbler.
[April: Huai Xu].
In the summer, the locust tree produces yellow-white flowers that are very beautiful. Moreover, the locust tree was regarded as a symbol of good luck in ancient times, and the locust order became another name for summer.
In ancient times, some people also believed that the locust tree had the effect of warding off evil spirits, so on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, people would use locust leaves to boil water to wash their faces to ward off evil spirits.
[May Midsummer].
Midsummer refers to the fifth month of the lunar calendar, the second month of summer.
In the middle of summer, the weather in May is gradually warmer, the temperature gradually rises, and the sun is abundant, which is the season for the growth of crops and the season for farmers to have a good harvest.
So May is called midsummer, which means the arrival of summer and the beginning of a good harvest.
[June, Lotus Moon].
In ancient times, June was called the Lotus Moon because the weather in June was relatively hot, and many plants looked listless, but the lotus flowers were slim and bloomed beautifully.
Therefore, people refer to June as the Lotus Moon to praise the beauty and strength of the lotus flower.
[July Mengqiu].
In the ancient Chinese lunar calendar, July was the first month of autumn, the beginning of autumn.
The "Meng" in Mengqiu has the meaning of beginning, which here refers to the first month of autumn.
During this month, the weather gradually cools and everything begins to wither, but it is also harvest season. People began to harvest their crops in preparation for the winter.
[August Guiyue].
In ancient times, August was known as the Laurel Moon, and during this month, the osmanthus flowers were in full bloom and the fragrance was overflowing, bringing people a beautiful and leisurely feeling.
Osmanthus is one of the traditional Chinese flowers, regarded as a symbol of nobility, elegance and beauty, so it has also become a representative flower of autumn.
[September Frost Order].
During this month, the weather gradually turns colder, frost begins to fall, and the land is depressed.
In ancient times, people believed that autumn was the season when everything withered, and frost was the last solar term of autumn, marking the beginning of winter.
Therefore, people refer to September as the frost order to express the end of autumn and the coming of winter.
[October, Mengdong].
The term Mengdong first appeared in the book "The Book of Rites: The Order of the Month", a month in which the solar elevation in the Northern Hemisphere decreases, the daylight hours decrease, and the temperature gradually drops.
Although there are occasional sunny spring weather in the south, the overall weather is characterized by early winter.
[November Dragon Dive].
The ancients used the 28 groups of stars near the ecliptic as coordinates as a reference for observing the changes of the stars and the rotation of the four seasons in the world, which was called the "28 Nakshatras".
According to the direction, the 28 constellations are divided into four groups and marked with "four elephants", which are: the eastern blue dragon, the western white tiger, the southern vermilion bird and the northern xuanwu. Each group contains seven nakshatras.
By observing the location of the Seven Nights of the Eastern Canglong, the ancients deduced the changes of the four seasons and the time of farming.
The 11th lunar month is the second month of winter, when the Seven Nights of Canglong have descended from the night sky in the east to the west, gradually disappearing below the northern horizon.
The ancients called it "the hidden dragon in the abyss", so the eleventh lunar month was called the "dragon diving moon".
[December, Wax Moon].
"La" is a ritual to worship ancestors and gods, this ritual is called "hunting sacrifice", because in the pre-Qin period, "wax" and "hunting" are fake words, so it is called "hunting sacrifice".
Later, Qin Shi Huang unified China and ordered the establishment of a calendar, calling the December of the late winter and early spring the alternation of the old and the new as the "wax moon".