Birthday poem · December 12Major Snow, the 21st solar term: heavier snow.
Birth character
鹿 lù · deer
鹿 is a picture of a deer with antlers.
呦呦鹿鳴
“Yoo, yoo, the deer call” — Book of Songs (anonymous), ‘The Deer Cry’
Other dates with this poem: June 9
The poem
“The Deer Cry” 鹿鳴
- 呦呦鹿鳴Yoo, yoo, the deer call,
- 食野之苹eating the wild herbs in the field.
- 我有嘉賓I have fine guests here —
- 鼓瑟吹笙play the zither, blow the reed pipes.
Why this poem
A Book of Songs feast poem: "I have fine guests; play the zither and the reed pipes."
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Major Snow.