Bicycle 24 Solor Terms (Winter - Chronicle of Ink and Snow)

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.

Between the stark cold and quiet beauty, a painted scroll of winter unfurls.

When the changing of the seasons gently knocks upon the earth, the transformation of all things quietly unfolds to the rhythm of cold and warmth. The secluded orchids of Xiaoxue (Lesser Snow) still carry the last echoes of autumn; by Daxue (Greater Snow), the wintersweet blossoms stand proudly, their fragrance piercing the snow. The clivia lilies of Xiaohan (Lesser Cold) still show a gentle grace, but the red plums of Dahan (Greater Cold) have already burst into a solitary, brilliant flame in the dead of winter.

The very soul of the 24 Solar Terms is crystalized here: the silhouette of the plum blossom, from first bud to full bloom, measures the depths of the Sanjiu (the year's coldest days), while the lake's surface, from gentle ripples to a solid seal of ice, bears witness to the ebb and flow of Yin and Yang.