Hello~~ This is JIRO! What did autumn mean to poets in East Asia? A lonely night of rain, a river flowing endlessly, or crimson leaves turning the water red? In this JIRO Local Now card-news feature, we explore autumn through classical poetry from Korea, Japan, and China. Follow Choe Chiwon’s reflections in Autumn Night, Rain, Ariwara no Narihira’s famous tanka about the Tatsuta River, and Du Fu’s powerful poem Climbing High. Along the way, we visit autumn landscapes associated with these literary works and discover places in Korea where the season’s colors can still be experienced—from Piagol Valley on Jirisan to Hamyang Sangnim Forest and Eorayeon on the Donggang River. Read the poems, explore the landscapes, and see how autumn brings together beauty, longing, and the passing of time. As autumn rain falls and the leaves turn red, the max-level poet gazes upon the Yangtze River. — Autumn Sijo of East Asia — My mind has wandered ten thousand miles away, and now it’s raining outside my ...