What month is autumn?

Autumn generally refers to the eighth month of the lunar calendar.

Throughout the year, January, February and March are spring, January is early spring, February is mid spring, and March is late spring or late spring. April, May and June are summer, April is early summer, May is midsummer or midsummer, and June is late summer.

July, August and September are autumn, July is early autumn, August is mid-autumn also called golden autumn, and September is late autumn also called late autumn. October, November and December are winter, October is early winter, November is midwinter and December is winter.

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It is a subjective misunderstanding to understand "golden autumn" as golden autumn. In the traditional culture of China, people have "five internal organs", sound has "five tones" and color has "five colors", all of which correspond to "five elements" (gold, wood, water, fire and earth) one by one, and so do the four seasons.

Take "gold" in the five elements as an example: "gold" corresponds to "white" in the five colors, "lung" in the five tones and "autumn" in the four seasons. Therefore, the collocation of "gold" and "autumn" is actually related to "five elements", and the "gold" in "golden autumn" should be the "gold" in the five elements, not the "gold".

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