Birthday poem · July 1Summer Solstice, the 10th solar term: the longest day of the year.
Birth character
林 lín · forest
林 is two trees side by side; it means a wood or forest.
停車坐愛楓林晚
“I stop my cab in maple woods to gaze my fill” — Du Mu, ‘Mountain Walk’
Other dates with this poem: October 8
The poem
“Bamboo Grove Retreat” 竹里館
- 獨坐幽篁裏dú zuò yōu huáng lǐSitting among bamboos alone,
- 彈琴復長嘯tán qín fù cháng xiàoI play my lute and croon carefree.
- 深林人不知shēn lín rén bù zhīIn the deep woods where I'm unknown,
- 明月來相照míng yuè lái xiāng zhàoOnly the bright moon peeps at me.
Why this poem
Wang Wei alone in a bamboo grove playing the qin, with only the moon for company.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Summer Solstice.