What is the twelfth month also called, and what are the twelve months in the lunar calendar called?

What is the twelfth month also called, and what are the twelve months in the lunar calendar called?
The twelfth lunar month was also called "the wax month" in ancient times, which originated from the ancient custom of offering sacrifices to the wax moon. So what other names does the twelfth lunar month have? What are the names of the twelve months in the lunar calendar? Want to know more about the twelfth lunar month of 2018? Please pay attention to Shuimoxiansheng.com’s special topic for the twelfth month of the lunar calendar!

What is the twelfth lunar month also called?

There are 30 nicknames for the twelfth lunar month, including the end of the year, the last winter, the remaining winter, the poor winter, the ice month, the remaining month, the extreme month, the Qingsi, the winter, the Dalu, the Jianchou, the last winter, the late winter, the last winter, the second day, the Jiaping, the Star Return Festival, the poor festival, the Tu month, the Chou month, the Lin month, the severe month, the severe winter, and the end of the year.
"La" and "lie" were interchangeable in ancient times. At the end of the year, people would go hunting in the fields and bring back some animals to sacrifice to their ancestors. Over time, the hunting sacrifice became the La sacrifice. "La" also means "to connect", connecting the old and the new. But no matter what, one thing that must be done in the twelfth lunar month is sacrifice. "La" means to ask for something. In the twelfth month of each year, all things are gathered together and asked for a feast." "La" and "La" are similar. Sacrificing to ancestors is called "La", and sacrificing to gods is called "La". "La" and "La" are both sacrificial activities, which are mostly carried out in the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, so people call the twelfth month the La Month.

What are the names of the twelve months in the lunar calendar?

Other names for January include the first month, Jianyin, Mengchun, Taichu, Zouyue, Yinyue, Chunwang, Jiayue, Shouyang, Xinzheng, Xiazheng, the third day, the beginning of the year, Fasui, Xiansui, Zhaosui, Fangsui, Huasui, early spring, Mengyang, Guanyue, Yuanyue, Mengsou, Duanyue, Zhengyue, Chuyue, Sanweiyue, Kaifa, Shouchun and Taiyue. Emperor Wu of Han continued to use the Xia calendar until today. There are two first months in the Xia calendar, the Yin and Yang first months. The first month generally refers to the first month of the lunar calendar. In the pre-Qin period, the first month of each dynasty was different: January in the Xia Dynasty, December in the Shang Dynasty, November in the Zhou Dynasty, and October in the Qin Dynasty. At this time, "正" can be understood as the meaning when it is pronounced as "郑", that is, correction and benchmark. The first month of the year in the Zhou Dynasty was also called "Zhengyue" because many state affairs would be handled at this time. However, Qin Shihuang's name was Ying Zheng, and he was born in the first month of the year. According to the principle of taboo, the first month of the year could no longer be called "Zhengyue", so it was changed to "Zhengyue".
Common nicknames for February include Apricot Moon, Mid-Spring, Mid-Yang, Ru Yue, Beautiful Moon, Flower Moon, Zhong Yue, and Han Yue. Apricot Month, February is the season of apricot blossoms. Many places also hold Apricot Blossom Festivals in March and April every year. But please note that February here is the second month of the lunar calendar, and March and April are the third and fourth months of the Gregorian calendar, and the times are almost the same. March, peach month, silkworm month, silk month, season month, early spring, spring day, late spring, late spring, late spring. Peach month, the season of peach blossoms. Late spring consists of three months, and March, which is the last month, is naturally the tail of spring.
April, Huai month, Mengxia, Shouxia, Chuxia, Yang month, Wheat month, Plum month, Pure month, Qing month, and Yu month. April is the Sophora japonica season, and it is also the first month of summer, early summer.
May, Pu month, midsummer, super summer, pomegranate month, Yu month, singing grasshopper, Tianzhong, Gao month. During the Dragon Boat Festival in May, calamus are hung, and the calamus month comes from this.
June, the lotus month, the plum month, the hot month, the scorched month, the summer month, the scorching month, the fine Yang, the sultry heat, the seasonal heat, and the month.
July, Qiao Yue, Gua Yue, Lan Yue, Lan Qiu, New Autumn, First Autumn, Meng Qiu, and Zhao Qiu. The Chinese Valentine's Day in July is also called the Qiqiao Festival, so it is also called the Qiao Month.
August, Guiyue, Zhuangyue, Zhongqiu, Zhongqiu, Zhongshang, Guiqiu, Shanglu, and Zhuchun. In August, when the sweet osmanthus is fragrant,
September, late autumn, poor autumn, cool autumn, frosty Shang, Shangxu, chrysanthemum month, late autumn, late dog days, three autumns, dusk Shang, frosty sequence, phase month, dark moon, the third Meng of autumn.
October, yang month, yin month, little spring, first month of spring, early winter, upper winter, good month, frosty month, beginning of winter, and positive month.
November, Gu month, winter month, mid-winter, middle winter, Chang month, Luo month, Longqian month.
November is also called Gu month, which means "getting rid of the old and welcoming the new." Since it is called the winter month, we need to mention an idiom, "the cold winter and twelfth month", which sounds like a combination of "cold winter" and "twelfth month", but in fact it should be a combination of "cold month", "winter month" and "twelfth month", which refer to October, November and December respectively. The reason why November is called the "Winter Month" is because the winter solstice occurs in November. "The Book of Rites" says "The month of mid-winter is called Changyue". All of a sudden, we have both mid-winter and Changyue. November is the time when all things accumulate strength but do not move, in order to survive the last month of cold.

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