Birthday poem · May 22Grain Buds, the 8th solar term: wheat and barley begin to fill.
Birth character
家 jiā · home
家 has a roof (宀) at the top; it means a home or household.
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: November 23
The poem
“Rural Life in Four Seasons (Summer)” 四時田園雜興
- 晝出耘田夜績麻By day they hoe the fields, by night they spin hemp;
- 村莊兒女各當家every son and daughter in the village has a task.
- 童孫未解供耕織The little grandchildren can't yet plough or weave,
- 也傍桑陰學種瓜but by the mulberry shade they practise planting melons.
Why this poem
Fan Chengda on a farm family in summer; even the children plant melons under the mulberries.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Grain Buds.