Birthday poem · January 22Major Cold, the 24th solar term: the coldest time of the year.
Birth character
琴 qín · zither
琴 is a picture of a stringed instrument, the qin zither.
彈琴復長嘯
“I play my lute and croon carefree.” — Wang Wei, ‘Bamboo Grove Retreat’
Other dates with this poem: November 19
The poem
“To Yin, Master of Music” 寄殷協律
- 琴詩酒伴皆抛我My companions of zither, poems and wine have all left me;
- 雪月花時最憶君in times of snow, moon and flowers, I miss you most.
Why this poem
Bai Juyi to a friend: "In times of snow, moon and flowers I miss you most."
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Major Cold.