Birthday poem · August 12Start of Autumn, the 13th solar term: autumn begins in the traditional calendar.
Birth character
花 huā · flower
花 means a flower; the older form was 華.
花落知多少
“How many are the fallen flowers!” — Meng Haoran, ‘Spring Dawn’
Other dates with this poem: June 13
The poem
“On the Road to Linping” 臨平道中
- 風蒲獵獵弄輕柔Reeds in the wind rustle, toying soft and light;
- 欲立蜻蜓不自由a dragonfly wants to land but can't hold still.
- 五月臨平山下路On the road below Linping Hill in the fifth month,
- 藕花無數滿汀洲countless lotus flowers fill the islets.
Why this poem
Daoqian on lotus and dragonflies below Linping Hill in the fifth month.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Start of Autumn.