Birthday poem · October 5Autumn Equinox, the 16th solar term: day and night are equal again.

Birthday poem card for October 5: “Climbing Stork Tower” by Wang Zhihuan. Birth character 海, sea.
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Birth character

海 hǎi · sea

海 combines 水 "water" with 每 as a sound element; it means sea.

黃河入海流
“The Yellow River seawards flows.” — Wang Zhihuan, ‘Climbing Stork Tower’

Other dates with this poem: December 4

The poem

“Climbing Stork Tower” 登鸛鵲樓

  1. 白日依山盡bái rì yī shān jìnThe sun beyond the mountains glows;
  2. 黃河入海流huáng hé rù hǎi liúThe Yellow River seawards flows.
  3. 欲窮千里目yù qióng qiān lǐ mùYou can enjoy a grander sight
  4. 更上一層樓gèng shàng yī céng lóuBy climbing to a greater height.

Wang Zhihuan 王之渙 · Tang dynasty · 688–742 · five-character verse

English translation by Poetune.

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Why this poem

Wang Zhihuan: to see a thousand miles, climb one more storey.

This day in the Chinese calendar

Solar term: Autumn Equinox.

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