Birthday poem · February 19Rain Water, the 2nd solar term: snow gives way to rain.
Birth character
朝 zhāo · morning
朝 shows the sun rising among plants while the moon is still up; it means morning.
朝辭白帝彩雲間
“Leaving at dawn the White Emperor crowned with cloud” — Li Bai, ‘Leaving Baidi City at Dawn’
Other dates with this poem: April 24
The poem
“Spring Rain Clearing in Lin'an” 臨安春雨初霽
- 小樓一夜聽春雨In my small upstairs room I listened all night to the spring rain;
- 深巷明朝賣杏花tomorrow morning, in the deep lane, someone will sell apricot blossoms.
Why this poem
Lu You on spring rain in Lin'an: tomorrow morning, apricot blossom sold in the lane.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Rain Water.