According to China folklore, the fifth month of the lunar calendar is a poisonous month. Dragon Boat Festival is the first of the nine poisons, so there are many rituals to ward off evil spirits and drive away poisons in China folk customs, such as drinking realgar wine and inserting wormwood.
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It is recorded in the Book of Songs that cicadas sing in May, and cicadas are cicadas. It means that cicadas broke ground and climbed trees in May, and started the first voiceless song in summer, so May was nicknamed "Mingqu".
3. Afternoon
In ancient China, people also matched twelve months with twelve earthly branches, and May was also called "noon month".
4. High Moon
The high moon is another name for May in the China lunar calendar. High means depression, so it is said to be the month of transplanting rice. This statement was later introduced to Japan and was widely used in Japan.
5. Liu Yue
Named after the pomegranate flowers in May, Han Yu wrote a poem "The pomegranate flowers in May are gorgeous". In the early May of ancient times, little girls in Beijing wore orange or scarlet pomegranate flowers as hairpins and dressed themselves beautifully. Later, they called the fifth day of the fifth lunar month "Daughter's Day".
6. Pu Yue
May of the lunar calendar is called Puyue, which is the custom of hanging calamus on folk doors and windows. Acorus calamus can be used as a sharp weapon to repel mosquitoes and evil spirits, and it can also play a role in refreshing the air.
7. Duanyang and Duanyue
On the fifth day of May, it is the "heavy noon" and the Dragon Boat Festival, one of the traditional festivals in China, so May is also called "Duanyang" and "Duanyue".
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Lunar May