What are the nicknames from January to December?

In China, there are many interesting nicknames for lunar months besides the normal names of numerical order.

There are four seasons in a year and each season has three months. These three months are arranged in order, named after Meng, Zhong and Ji according to the ancient ranking. For example, the three months of spring are also called Meng Chun, Midspring and Ji Chun. Other Xia Yue, Autumn Moon and Winter Moon are also nicknamed Meng Yue, Mid Moon and Seasonal Moon.

There is another month named after the plant characteristics, farming and folk activities of each season, such as the willow sprouting in January, which makes January known as Liu Yue; In February, apricot blossoms are in full bloom, and many flowers are blooming in nature, so February is called Apricot Moon and Flower Moon. Peach trees and buttonwood trees bloom in March, and the silkworm breeding season is also at this time, so March is called peach month, tung month and silkworm month; In April, the locust tree is full of branches and leaves, and white flowers are in full bloom, so April is called Huaiyue; Pomegranate flowers are in full bloom in May, and people have the custom of hanging calamus on doors and windows, so May is called durian and Puyue. In June, the weather is hot, the pond is full of lotus leaves, and the pool is full of lotus flowers. Therefore, June is called Fu Yue and Yue. July orchids are full of fragrance, so July is called blue moon; August is full of flowers, so it is called Gui Yue. Chrysanthemum opens in September, hence the name "Chrysanthemum Moon"; In October, the lotus shows a small sun, also known as Yangyue; The grass spits green in November, so it is called Jia Yue. In December, plum blossoms are fragrant, which is called plum month.

Erya Shi Tian also recorded the nickname of the month according to the alternation of the sun and the moon and the change of yin and yang, which was specially explained by Confucian scholar Hao Yixing in Qing Dynasty.

January is another name for the moon, and "Moon" means "Moon", which is two constellations in the sky. They are accommodations and residences for two of the twenty-eight residences. Hao Yixing's righteousness is sparse: "The bright moon is thought to be the bright moon. According to the name of the star, that is, the east wall of the camp, the first month is in the camp, and the sun and the moon will meet in the camp, so it is named after Meng Wei. "

February is also called the moon, which means "follow". Everything follows, so it is called the moon.

March is another name for the moon, and "love" means "bright and remarkable". In March, the sun is shining and everything is shining.

April is also called, and "rain" means "stretching". "Book of Instruments" said: "Everything in April has branches and leaves, hence the name Yu. Yu, uncle. "

May is also called high moon, which means "high" and "high and low". May is full of yin and qi, from bottom to top, when the ears of rice begin to grow and bear fruit, so it is called "high" month.

June is another name and month, and "harmony" means "the second time, I can't move forward", and you hesitate. In June, the yin is not strong, and the yin is afraid of the yang. You hesitated for a while and dared not move forward.

July is also called meeting, and "phase" means "guiding". At this time, Yin Qi gradually became stronger and stronger, and then was led.

August is not called a strong month, and "strong" means "powerful". At this time, the yin is full, so it is called the strong moon.

September is called Xuan Yue, and "Xuan" is black. In September, the yin qi is exhausted, and the yin qi invades the cold, and its color is black, so it is called "Xuan Yue".

October is also called the sunny month, which is purely a month of yin, so it is considered as a month without yang, so it is called "Xiaoyangchun" under the name of "Yang".

November is also called Gu Yue, and "ancient" is synonymous with "old". 1 1 month, the sun is alive, and it is about to change the old for the new.

December is also called "Earth Moon", and "Earth" and "Germany" are homonyms, indicating that the year is coming to an end.