August of the lunar calendar: China called it Gui Yue, Shangzhong, Chun Zhu, Zhengqiu, Zhuangyue, Gui Yue, Mid-Autumn Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival in ancient times.
Lunar September: In ancient China, it was called Xuan Yue, Juyue, Qingnvyue, Qiu Ji, poor autumn, copying autumn, twilight Shang, frost sequence, waning moon and three-dream autumn.
October of lunar calendar: In ancient China, it was called "Good Moon, dew month, Early Winter, Opening Winter, Clear Moon, Winter Flying, Yin Moon, Good Moon, Positive Yin Moon, Xiaoyangchun and Mengdong".
Lunar November: In ancient China, it was called Long Moon, Jiayue, Winter Solstice, Xingyue, Long Yueqian and Gu Yue.
December of the lunar calendar: In ancient China, it was called ice month, twelfth month, severe month, except month, seasonal winter, residual winter, late winter, Jiaping, poor festival, Qixi, earth month, twelfth month, late winter, residual winter and Jiaping month.
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A month is a unit of time in a calendar. Traditionally, the period of the moon phase change is regarded as the length of a month, and the length of a month (lunar month) is about 29.53 days, that is, a round of "Shuowangyue".
In the early Paleolithic period, people had calculated the days according to the phases of the moon. Until now, the new moon is still the cornerstone of many calendars. A year is divided into 12 months; In China, the lunar year is 12 months and the leap year is 13 months. The extra month is called leap month.
The legend of the origin of the moon comes from the "immortal moon" in Shan Hai Jing. According to Shan Hai Jing, the emperor had two wives, namely He Chang. On his birthday, Chang 'e gave birth to the moon, so Chang 'e is also called the mother of the moon.
In fact, and often are calendar office. It is recorded in Shiben that in order to make a calendar, the Yellow Emperor formulated "xi He Zhan Ri, Changyi Zhan Yue", Changyi is Chang, and Zhanyue is the twilight period for observing the moon, which is the origin of "Chang Sheng was born in December".