Birthday poem · December 4Minor Snow, the 20th solar term: the first snow.
Birth character
白 bái · white
白 means white, and also clear or plain.
白雲生處有人家
“Where rise white clouds, there appear cottages and bowers.” — Du Mu, ‘Mountain Walk’
Other dates with this poem: October 5
The poem
“Climbing Stork Tower” 登鸛鵲樓
- 白日依山盡bái rì yī shān jìnThe sun beyond the mountains glows;
- 黃河入海流huáng hé rù hǎi liúThe Yellow River seawards flows.
- 欲窮千里目yù qióng qiān lǐ mùYou can enjoy a grander sight
- 更上一層樓gèng shàng yī céng lóuBy climbing to a greater height.
Why this poem
Wang Zhihuan: to see a thousand miles, climb one more storey.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Minor Snow.