Bamboo in a Spring Thunderstorm early 16th century Tang Yin Chinese Tang Yin painted a variety of bamboo called “phoenix tail”; dense and feathery, it bends gracefully like the long plumage of the legendary bird. The accompanying poem contrasts the chaos of a deafening storm with the tranquility of its aftermath: The roar of spring thunder arouses the green bamboo, Dragon whiskers sweep across the ground, along with long phoenix tails. Looking up from the boat awning I play the flute, A bright moon, filling the sky, shines in the Xiao and Xiang Bamboo in a Spring Thunderstorm 44573

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