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norman.ho

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I know I am not supposed to place reward for quiz;
* h: Y: O1 M0 J4 O) g+ ?5 X6 Ybut the mod seemed to stay on hyibernating :0.
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Reward will be announced on 年初七人日.
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春雨惊春清谷天，夏满芒夏暑相连；
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每月两节不变更，最多相差一两天；
: ~( a! I, L( T" j上半年来六廿一，下半年是八廿三。
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The puzzle is the last two verse of 二十四节气歌:
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上半年来六廿一，下半年是八廿三
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The figures are not adding up .. ???  
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norman.ho

Well, no one is interested; not even trying.  Okay, anyone have a go gets TVB $5,000; until I am completely broke.
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Pedestrian_A

i think most people don't even know what the question is so i assume you are asking the 節氣 between those two days .9 J! [' j. P1 W6 ]
夏至六廿一
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處暑8月22-24日4 }. ^9 m; w& p
處暑八廿三
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please don't send me any tvb$, i am richer than you think.

norman.ho

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( f  ?/ T- [) @* G9 K0 ?Thanks for being so helpful all the time.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。: Z( U, L% G  W$ |; k# Y
I know you are super rich, so no money for you, just this time :).tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* J5 k! l8 E5 g, j5 K3 w, a

, d! |& v1 n" @; m1 Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbActually this is a very interesting question; basically what I am asking is the actual meaning in the last two verses of thetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; O1 H9 x0 a) `$ \: g
二十四节气歌
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. H" b/ @4 U% S( H/ oThe last two two verse says:
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上半年来六廿一，下半年是八廿三。4 l7 s3 _2 t1 [. y8 Z- k

$ v% e$ O# ^$ L) F3 i2 G公仔箱論壇This two verses has significant meanings, it has historical, cultural and scientific significance.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。5 L% u' ~( n7 F
You are pretty close though.8 t9 X7 T9 j% X
Thanks again.
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' {, [1 t# ~5 i, y  D; W7 k' c8 Dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAfter having done a bit of research myself, I think I have a clear and correct answer.
7 h* H9 b* ~/ g6 L/ c' R8 k5 ]( Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIf no one post the correct one by Friday night, I will post my answer here on Saturday; the Chinese Lantern Day(元宵节).5.39.217.76* n- h; o6 Z( ?( @% [
Traditionally, this day is celebrated by 吃汤圆, 赏花灯, 猜灯谜, and having a drink together, right?.

bchew

农历每年有廿四节气,农历每月有两个节气.“上半年来六廿一,下半年来八廿三”,这是以阳历来推算节气的日期.7月份以前,每月两个节气的日期,多在 阳历6日或21日,下半年每月的两个节气多在阳历的8日或23日.有时也相差一两天.所以口诀中又有“每月两节日期定,最多相差一两天”一句
5 z# c5 z+ }) D2 `" btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThese twenty-four solar terms each suggest the position of the sun every time it travels15 degrees on the ecliptic longitude. In each month there are often two solar terms; the first one is generally named 'Jie Qi' and the other one 'Zhong Qi'. Their dates are mirrored by the Gregorian calendar, during the first half of a year 'Jie Qi' is around the 6th day of a solar month, 'Zhong Qi' around the 21st; in the second half of a year, 'Jie Qi' is around the 8th and 'Zhong Qi' around the 23rd.

norman.ho

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Well, it took someone with the status of
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! ^2 F6 L, q0 S9 P) ]My old friend BChew's answer is absolutely spot on.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。" \( v- S9 `. y; f

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+ s) G8 }1 d+ E5.39.217.76For those who are interested in further details,
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It would be highly disrespectful for me to give any reward to BChew,
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so the very least that I could do is to express my greatest
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As I had memtioned, "二十四时节" is of historical, cultural and scientific significant;
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2016年11月30日，联合国教科文组织正式通过决议，
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As we all know, our traditional festivities normally follow
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/ f3 i& G- ~( W5.39.217.76this is because 冬至 is one of the 节气, and it follows the solar calender.' d% P) a0 b& w  {- b8 x' j4 F
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每月两节不变更；5.39.217.760 |& _3 ?/ z2 i) E& M/ f# ^
最多相差一两天

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The reason that the starting dates of each "节气"
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4 o5 m- w$ [, [# }  e) gI think its because the Gregorian Calendar that we follow has
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and the solar calendar that the 二十四节气 follows has "365.2422" days in each cycle.& h; q3 ^. U* ^6 ]! p# S2 G$ N
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and the starting date of each 节气 may vary by 1-2 days.
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the next time 立春 falls on 2月3日 will be in the year of 2021.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 O: V: L& b0 [9 _7 [  Y; q3 X
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for haveing 4 seasons:公仔箱論壇8 u9 S( T1 [; x4 l1 R

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; n- v& C/ ?  {$ Y2 SNow, here is another interesting question:
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Why does April always start on the same day of the week?
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Sorry, correct or not, no reward for the answer ... 公仔箱論壇% E, V$ G1 `" p9 t; N4 E# m8 `6 W; h. b

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