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18 Feb 2021

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Solar Term | Rain Water

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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

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