Birthday poem · December 8Major Snow, the 21st solar term: heavier snow.
Birth character
高 gāo · high
高 is a picture of a tall building; it means high.
遠近高低各不同
“Assuming different shapes viewed from far and wide.” — Su Shi, ‘Written on the Wall at West Forest Temple’
Other dates with this poem: September 28
The poem
“Staying the Night at a Mountain Temple” 夜宿山寺
- 危樓高百尺The tall tower stands a hundred feet high;
- 手可摘星辰from here you could pick the stars by hand.
- 不敢高聲語I dare not speak aloud,
- 恐驚天上人for fear of startling the people in heaven.
Why this poem
Li Bai at a tall mountain temple, where "one could pick the stars by hand".
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Major Snow.