Birthday poem · January 24Major Cold, the 24th solar term: the coldest time of the year.
Birth character
草 cǎo · grass
草 means grass or any small plant.
離離原上草
“Wild grasses spread across the plain” — Bai Juyi, ‘Grass on the Ancient Plain: A Farewell’
Other dates with this poem: April 28
The poem
“Late Spring” 晚春
- 草樹知春不久歸Grass and trees know spring will soon be gone,
- 百般紅紫鬥芳菲so reds and purples vie in every kind of bloom.
- 楊花榆莢無才思Willow catkins and elm seeds, having no such art,
- 惟解漫天作雪飛can only fill the sky, flying like snow.
Why this poem
Late spring: flowers compete and willow catkins fill the air.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Major Cold.