Birthday poem · January 15Minor Cold, the 23rd solar term: the weather turns colder.
Birth character
星 xīng · star
星 means a star in the night sky.
坐看牽牛織女星
“She sits and gazes at the Cowherd and the Weaver stars.” — Du Mu, ‘Autumn Evening’
Other dates with this poem: July 27
The poem
“The Fifteenth Night of the First Month” 正月十五夜
- 火樹銀花合Fiery trees and silver flowers join;
- 星橋鐵鎖開the star bridge's iron locks are opened.
- 暗塵隨馬去Dark dust follows the horses as they go;
- 明月逐人來the bright moon follows people as they come.
Why this poem
Su Weidao on the Lantern Festival night, "fire trees and silver flowers".
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Minor Cold.