Artwork Title: 24 Solar Terms: White Dew

24 Solar Terms: White Dew, 2014

Cinyee Chiu

白露 Bailu (White Dew) Bailu is when the weather getting cold, in the early morning you can find dew on the leaves. Because in Wu Xing (five elements), autumn belongs to metal, and the representative color of metal is white, ancient people call autumn dew as white dew. Usually it’s between 9/7-9/8. In 2017 it’ll be 9/7. First pentad: The wild geese come. Geese migrates southward. Second pentad: The dark birds (swallows) return from the migration. Last pentad: Birds stock their hoards, preparing for the winter. Bailu is the season for taro, so I picked raccoon as the animal, for I can easily put in taro as a raccoon tail. I also merged dragon fruit into his fur. The health tip in Bailu is to moisten the dryness in autumn, and dragon fruit is a “cool” fruit from the Chinese medical perspective, can balance the over heat/dry body, therefore is a good fruit to eat in Bailu. I also put little white dots and bubbles as pattern, representing the white dew.

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