The solar term poems about the Waking of Insects are cold yet thin, with clouds carrying late smoke. The rain stirs up the hibernation, and the wind blows the flowers into bloom. The fragrant seals disappear as the day goes by, and the sorrow fills the wine boat. I borrow the remaining scenery for you and write a new chapter.
"Riyong" refers to the summer solstice or summer daytime, here it refers to daytime. "Xiang Zhuan" refers to a coil of incense shaped like a seal script, which can be used to measure time when lit. There is still a bit of cold spring weather, and the dark clouds take away the evening smoke. The spring rain has ushered in the Jingzhe solar term, and the spring breeze has forced the flowers to bloom. The day feels a bit long, and the sorrow of spring makes the wine boat appear. I borrow this remaining time for you so that you can use it to write new poems.
This poem uses personification to make time and scenery emotional and vivid. The arrival of the Jingzhe solar term seems to be urged by the spring rain, the blooming of flowers seems to be forced by the spring breeze, the appearance of the wine boat seems to be summoned by spring sorrow, allowing you to drink away your sorrow, and the evening is also borrowed from the day.
About Jingzhe
Jingzhe is the beginning of Mao month in the calendar of stems and branches; Mao is the month of mid-spring, and the hexagram is in the earthquake position, and all things are out of shock, which is a sign of growth. One year and twelve months are built, and each month corresponds to a hexagram. The month of Mao (including the two solar terms of Jingzhe and Spring Equinox) corresponds to the hexagram of Thunder Sky Dazhuang; the hexagram of Dazhuang Hexagram is that thunder has begun to thunder in the sky, and thunder is in the sky. Loud, very vivid. "Mao" means "mao", and all things emerge from the ground, representing vitality; so Mao month (February) is also the month when the energy of all things bursts out, and the spring plowing of the year begins.
In the season of the Waking of Insects, the spring breeze is stirring and nature has new vitality. The so-called "spring thunder startles hundreds of insects" refers to the time when spring thunder begins to roar, waking up the hibernating insects that have been dormant underground over the winter. The iconic feature of the Jingzhe solar term is the sudden movement of spring thunder and the vitality of all things. Judging from the natural phenology and climate processes in various parts of China, the "waking of insects and thunder" only coincides with the natural rhythm of some areas in southern China.