A name from a poem
楓林
Pinyin fēng línSimplified 枫林for anyone
A maple grove so fair you stop the carriage to look.
What’s wished for
Stopping the carriage just to watch the maple woods at dusk — Du Mu’s “Mountain Walk.” For someone with charm enough to make people pause.
Where it comes from
停车坐爱枫林晚
tíng chē zuò ài fēng lín wǎn
“I stop my cab in maple woods to gaze my fill;”
— Du Mu, “Mountain Walk” (山行)
About the two characters
- 楓
- maple; tree that turns red in autumn
- 林
- a wood; trees standing together
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