Rain Water this year starts on February 18 and ends on March 4, which heralds increasing rainfalls. From now on, the fickle weather brings us mizzles and drizzles from time to time. As an ancient saying goes, rain in the springtime is as precious as oil, because proper precipitation is significant for the growth of crops.
In this term, spring is very much in the air in southern China. While in northern China, nature’s green messengers are yet to sprout and frigid snowfalls still grip some places of the north.
Read by Pan Huirunand Zou Minghao
BGM:We Are the Rain - Aakash Gandhi
Spring Rain
Sara Teasdale
I thought I had forgotten,
But it all came back again
To-night with the first spring thunder
In a rush of rain.
I remembered a darkened doorway
Where we stood while the storm swept by,
Thunder gripping the earth
And lightning scrawled on the sky.
The passing motor busses swayed,
For the street was a river of rain,
Lashed into little golden waves
In the lamp light's stain.
With the wild spring rain and thunder
My heart was wild and gay;
Your eyes said more to me that night
Than your lips would ever say. . . .
I thought I had forgotten,
But it all came back again
To-night with the first spring thunder
In a rush of rain.
Photographer: Huang Wenfa