Birthday poem · January 29Major Cold, the 24th solar term: the coldest time of the year.
Birth character
林 lín · forest
林 is two trees side by side; it means a wood or forest.
停車坐愛楓林晚
“I stop my cab in maple woods to gaze my fill” — Du Mu, ‘Mountain Walk’
Other dates with this poem: November 30
The poem
“Snow Remaining on Zhongnan” 終南望餘雪
- 終南陰嶺秀Zhongnan's shaded ridges are lovely;
- 積雪浮雲端the piled snow floats on the clouds.
- 林表明霽色At the forest's edge the sky clears bright;
- 城中增暮寒in the city the evening cold grows.
Why this poem
Zu Yong on lingering snow on the Zhongnan mountains; the city grows colder after.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Major Cold.