A name from a poem
春江
Pinyin chūn jiāngfor anyone
A spring river filling toward the sea.
What’s wished for
Spring river tide joining the sea in one level plain — the vast opening of “Spring River, Flowers, Moon, Night.” Open, and linked to a bigger world.
Where it comes from
春江潮水连海平
chūn jiāng cháo shuǐ lián hǎi píng
“The spring river's tide rises level with the sea;”
— Zhang Ruoxu, “Spring River in Flower on a Moonlit Night” (春江花月夜)
About the two characters
- 春
- spring; when green returns
- 江
- river; in older Chinese, the Yangtze
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