Bicycle 24 Solor Terms (Autumn - Anthology of Wind and Water)

The Bicycle "24 Solar Terms" Series is an art deck named after the four seasons: "Spring: Scroll of River Mist," "Summer: Score of Southern Rain," "Autumn: Anthology of Wind and Water," and "Winter: Chronicle of Ink and Snow." It evokes a poetic vision wherein "the misty rain of Jiangnan becomes a painting, and the ink-wash wind and snow become poetry."

Each card is a living, breathing scroll of colored ink painting. Two or three cards can be pieced together to form the hazy drizzle of Jingzhe (Awakening of Insects), while four or five can connect to create the vista of Bailu (White Dew), where autumn waters merge with the vast sky.

As the deck's hand-painted artwork flows through your fingertips, it is like unfurling a dynamic, pastoral anthology of poetry and painting. With its unique illustrations, this deck allows the four seasons to complete their cycle within a single shuffle.

Every combination creates a new landscape. Perhaps two or three cards reveal the haze of the Plum Rain season, or seven or eight link together to form the boundless expanse of swirling snow in the frontier lands. Within the small tableau of a card spread, you can begin to decipher the code of the cosmos.

A long scroll of autumn unfurls at the intersection of time and space.

As the markers of the solar terms glide across the light and shadows of the sky, all of nature quietly transforms according to an ancient phenological code. On the lakes of Chushu (End of Heat) , the last lotuses of summer still float; by Bailu (White Dew), the morning mist has drenched the slender orchid grass. The golden osmanthus of Hanlu (Cold Dew) still carries a hint of warmth, yet the camellias of Shuangjiang (Frost's Descent) are already clad in a chilling, crimson splendor.

The very essence of the 24 Solar Terms is condensed here: the Chinese tallow tree, in its shift from verdant green to deep crimson, bears witness to autumn's gradual change, while the reed beds, turning from lush to a pale, boundless expanse, measure the vastness of the world.

Each five-day period (hou) is a slice of spacetime: the fleeting shadow of a crane traces its flight path from Bailu to Hanlu; the bowing head of a lotus pod marks an elegant farewell to the seasons, from Chushu all the way to Shuangjiang.