lunar month

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A series of colorful celebration activities begin on the first day of the first lunar month.
从农历正月初一开始的节庆活动可谓丰富多彩，多种多样。
After six years of strict discipline, he finally realized his dream of full enlightenment on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.
经过六年严格的修行之后，他终于在农历十二月初八悟到了自己充满启示的梦。
Shirley: Well, the first lunar month is called Yuan-month, and in ancient times people called night Xiao. And you know the festival is just in the middle of the month.
雪莉：这个啊，农历的第一个月叫做元月，在中国古代人们把晚上叫做宵，而且你知道的，这个节目刚好是元月中间的那天。

In the end, they are permitted to meet just once a year, on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.

Knowledge of the Moon predates the human species if we go by the female 28 day (ie, lunar month) cycle.
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Beginning on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, people of several ethnic groups throughout China and the world celebrate the Dragon Boat festival, especially in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
UNESCO: Culture
The Qiang New Year Festival, held on the first day of the tenth lunar month, is an occasion for the Qiang people of China's Sichuan Province to offer thanks and worship to heaven for prosperity, reaffirm their harmonious and respectful relationship with nature, and promote social and family harmony.
UNESCO: Culture

the period of time (about 29.5 days) that it takes the moon to go around the earth