What month is April in the lunar calendar?

The fourth month of the lunar calendar is usually called: Huaiyue, Xia Meng, Early Summer, Early Summer, silver moon, Maiyue, Yue Mei, Qinghe and Yuyue.

Xia Meng 1

April is the first month of summer, so it is called "Xia Meng", "Early Summer" and "Xia Wei".

2. pregnant with the moon

In April, everything has long branches and lush foliage, and Sophora japonica has yellow and white petals. There is a folk saying that April is full of branches, so April is also called Huai Yue, Huai Xia and Huai Xu.

3. Tongyue

Sichuan is rich in tung oil, and April is the season when the branches of tung oil bloom, so April is also called Tung Yue.

4. Maiyue

The wheat is ripe in April of the lunar calendar, and The Book of Rites and the Moon Order says, "When the wheat is autumn, the summer dream moon will come." Cai Yong explained in the "Monthly Orders": "Hundreds of grains take life as spring and maturity as autumn, so wheat takes Xia Meng as autumn." April is called Maiyue, Maixu and Maihou.

5. Yue Mei

In terms of seasonal climate, April is the rainy season, plums are yellow and ripe, and the rainy time is long. "Plum Rain" written by Liu Zongyuan in the Tang Dynasty said: "Shi Mei welcomes the plum rain, which is infinitely valuable in late spring." So April is called Yue Mei.