Birthday poem · August 1Major Heat, the 12th solar term: the hottest time of the year.
Birth character
花 huā · flower
花 means a flower; the older form was 華.
花落知多少
“How many are the fallen flowers!” — Meng Haoran, ‘Spring Dawn’
Other dates with this poem: January 8
The poem
“Green Jade Cup: Lantern Festival” 青玉案
- 東風夜放花千樹The east wind at night makes a thousand trees blossom,
- 更吹落星如雨and blows down stars like rain.
- 寶馬彫車香滿路Fine horses and carved carriages — fragrance fills the road;
- 鳳簫聲動phoenix flutes sound,
- 玉壺光轉the jade-pot moon turns,
- 一夜魚龍舞all night long the fish and dragon lanterns dance.
Why this poem
Xin Qiji on the Lantern Festival: "the east wind blows open a thousand flowering trees".
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Major Heat.