Birthday poem · November 6Frost’s Descent, the 18th solar term: the first frosts.
Birth character
霜 shuāng · frost
霜 combines 雨 "rain" with 相 as a sound element; it means frost.
霜葉紅於二月花
“Frost-bitten leaves look redder than early spring flowers.” — Du Mu, ‘Mountain Walk’
Other dates with this poem: September 7
The poem
“Reeds” 蒹葭
- 蒹葭蒼蒼Reeds and rushes, green, green;
- 白露爲霜the white dew has turned to frost.
- 所謂伊人The one I'm thinking of
- 在水一方is somewhere across the water.
Why this poem
The Book of Songs: "white dew turns to frost", longing for someone across the water in autumn.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Frost’s Descent.