Birthday poem · December 14Major Snow, the 21st solar term: heavier snow.
Birth character
鳥 niǎo · bird
鳥 is a picture of a bird.
處處聞啼鳥
“Not to awake till birds are crying.” — Meng Haoran, ‘Spring Dawn’
Other dates with this poem: July 9
The poem
“At Zhongshan” 鍾山卽事
- 澗水無聲繞竹流The stream flows silently around the bamboo;
- 竹西花草弄春柔west of the bamboo, flowers and grass play with spring's softness.
- 茅檐相對坐終日Under the thatched eaves, sitting face to face all day,
- 一鳥不鳴山更幽not a single bird calls — the mountain is even quieter.
Why this poem
Wang Anshi on the stillness of Zhongshan: "not one bird calls; the hill is quieter still".
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Major Snow.