1, the screen names of two words are used to describe May: Liu Yue, Mingqu, Noon, Duanyang, Duan
1, the screen names of two words are used to describe May: Liu Yue, Mingqu, Noon, Duanyang, Duanyue, Puyue and Midsummer.
2. Liu Yue: Named after the pomegranate flowers in May, Han Yu has the poem "The pomegranate flowers in May are brilliant".
3. Singing: The Book of Songs records "Singing in May".
4. Noon Moon: In ancient China, people also matched twelve months with twelve earthly branches, and May was also called "noon moon".
5. Duanyang and Duanyue: On the fifth day of May, it is the "heavy noon", which is one of the traditional festivals in China, so May is also called "Duanyang" and "Duanyue".
6. Puyue: In May, a hundred herbs flourished. "A Dream of Red Mansions" is about the folk activities of "A Hundred Herbs Striving for Beauty". In May, the lush herb is Acorus calamus. Acorus calamus, as one of the "four elegant flowers", grows on the riverside, is slim, green and fragrant, and is deeply loved by people. Drinking calamus wine and inserting calamus leaves has also become an important custom of exorcism on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. People also call May "Puyue".
7. Midsummer: From the seasonal point of view, May of the lunar calendar is in midsummer, so it is also called "midsummer". According to the order of the twelve months, May is the "noon" month, which is the month from summer to Sunday, so the beginning of May is the most prosperous time of the year (it begins to decline from summer to Sunday).