Birthday poem · February 6Start of Spring, the 1st solar term: spring begins in the traditional calendar.
Birth character
柳 liǔ · willow
柳 combines 木 "tree" with a sound element; it means willow.
客舍青青柳色新
“The willows by the tavern look so fresh and green.” — Wang Wei, ‘Farewell to Yuan Er on His Mission to Anxi’
The poem
“Village Life” 村居
- 草長鶯飛二月天Grass grows, orioles fly — the second month;
- 拂堤楊柳醉春煙willows brushing the dike, drunk on spring mist.
- 兒童散學歸來早The children came home from school early,
- 忙趁東風放紙鳶hurrying to fly kites in the east wind.
Why this poem
Gao Ding on children flying kites in the east wind after school in the second month.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Start of Spring.