Birthday poem · November 29Minor Snow, the 20th solar term: the first snow.
Birth character
舟 zhōu · boat
舟 is a picture of a small boat.
輕舟已過萬重山
“My skiff has left ten thousand mountains far away.” — Li Bai, ‘Leaving Baidi City at Dawn’
Other dates with this poem: January 28
The poem
“River Snow” 江雪
- 千山鳥飛絕qiān shān niǎo fēi juéFrom hill to hill no bird in flight;
- 萬徑人蹤滅wàn jìng rén zōng mièFrom path to path no man in sight.
- 孤舟蓑笠翁gū zhōu suō lì wēngA lonely fisherman afloat
- 獨釣寒江雪dú diào hán jiāng xuěIs fishing snow in lonely boat.
Why this poem
Liu Zongyuan on an old man fishing alone on a snowy river. A winter poem.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Minor Snow.