Birthday poem · March 15Awakening of Insects, the 3rd solar term: the first thunder; insects stir.
Birth character
鶯 yīng · oriole
鶯 is the oriole, known for its song in spring.
草長鶯飛二月天
“Grass grows, orioles fly — the second month” — Gao Ding, ‘Village Life’
The poem
“Strolling Alone by the River in Search of Flowers” 江畔獨步尋花
- 黃四娘家花滿蹊At Fourth Sister Huang's house, flowers fill the path,
- 千朵萬朵壓枝低thousands upon thousands, weighing the branches low.
- 留連戲蝶時時舞Lingering butterflies dance on and on;
- 自在嬌鶯恰恰啼carefree orioles sing just so, so sweetly.
Why this poem
Du Fu on Huang Si's garden path, full of flowers, butterflies and orioles.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Awakening of Insects.