Birthday poem · December 13Major Snow, the 21st solar term: heavier snow.
Birth character
天 tiān · sky, heaven
In its oldest form, 天 is a person with a large head; it came to mean the sky.
疑是銀河落九天
“As if the Silver River fell from azure sky.” — Li Bai, ‘Viewing the Waterfall at Mount Lu’
Other dates with this poem: October 10
The poem
“Crossing Jingmen” 渡荊門送別
- 山隨平野盡The mountains end with the level plain;
- 江入大荒流the river flows into the wide wilderness.
- 月下飛天鏡Under the moon, a flying mirror from heaven;
- 雲生結海樓clouds rise, building towers over the sea.
Why this poem
Li Bai leaves Sichuan; the river runs out into open plains.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Major Snow.