元宵猜灯谜

norman.ho

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I know I am not supposed to place reward for quiz;
; i" ~! |4 X" d8 V! C2 i9 x: F5.39.217.76but the mod seemed to stay on hyibernating :0." S: H. |+ u& r( p4 b
So I am giving away a private reward to the first 8 大大 who can give
& v% X7 f7 Z  tTVBNOW 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。a correct and clear answer to my puzzle on ....,  The most appropriate
# I; u5 @4 z& u5 }# i$ `. oand clear answer will receive TVB $1,000,000; all correct answer will
7 U5 Q* u' r1 ereceive TVBox $800,00.5.39.217.766 M, ^/ S4 o+ m; }& t
Reward will be announced on 年初七人日.* ?  J6 w  k& o
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Anyone interested, please have a go, it will be fun.  
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) z7 R9 x3 z" j* f" ~& V5 P* K公仔箱論壇
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二十四节气歌
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$ I/ v2 J/ ^% b春雨惊春清谷天，夏满芒夏暑相连；
! H7 A( ?2 [/ {1 X/ D公仔箱論壇秋处露秋寒霜降，冬雪雪冬小大寒。: E) X& n( I! O# o1 X$ `8 q
每月两节不变更，最多相差一两天；
3 W6 x8 E2 v& r4 O! P5.39.217.76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:5.39.217.766 f- f' f5 w! c9 h0 Q& r

# a# B  Q& \0 s$ f7 J2 u% M5.39.217.76上半年来六廿一，下半年是八廿三
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The figures are not adding up .. ???  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。  K; ]; D5 k) {( U. g, B3 ~
What's happening between 六二十二 .. 八二十二
) L* O& c0 {& h- v6 i公仔箱論壇Great reward for the right answer.

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 .$ a4 ?. S8 C/ ~
夏至六廿一
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大暑7月22-24日# w7 v3 o3 N" s
立秋8月7-9日: {7 X1 E. E# c. g$ I7 V
處暑8月22-24日
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. P+ E; U1 d+ [! m: {# z' d) h公仔箱論壇please don't send me any tvb$, i am richer than you think.

norman.ho

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3# Pedestrian_A tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; U# W/ X( Z2 |' D1 Q( d7 Y
Thanks for being so helpful all the time.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ T+ \* b/ O  _: U9 W$ Y
I know you are super rich, so no money for you, just this time :).
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Actually this is a very interesting question; basically what I am asking is the actual meaning in the last two verses of the
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The last two two verse says: 公仔箱論壇$ G+ x  }8 e& D& H* v9 b
每月两节不变更，最多相差一两天；
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# C) D2 p! Z* b5.39.217.76You are pretty close though.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。2 N4 v# D7 B7 [$ n( G' q
Thanks again.
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5 I2 ^8 n; S) C$ KAfter having done a bit of research myself, I think I have a clear and correct answer.
+ J0 v. A) _3 I5 L4 xIf no one post the correct one by Friday night, I will post my answer here on Saturday; the Chinese Lantern Day(元宵节).
% l  O9 M9 _/ ~8 g4 h8 x! KTraditionally, 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
9 y* Z. u  o- i- v0 ~- @tvb 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
0 ^& m% t5 D" o2 pTVBNOW 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。 親王 to post the correct answer.
% o9 m' C/ Q" N$ XTVBNOW 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。My old friend BChew's answer is absolutely spot on.
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8 z: W% g$ }$ `) ^1 i  Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFor those who are interested in further details,' J# i5 r; u+ N& b: ^0 \
please refer to the followint link:
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2 r& Q3 ~, p2 @5.39.217.76https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hans/%E8%8A%82%E6%B0%94
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It would be highly disrespectful for me to give any reward to BChew,
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5 b' R# ~3 N- I' p1 vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbso the very least that I could do is to express my greatest
  L) l/ G" |/ W. p- jappreciation for his post and reply.
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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，5 ^7 l/ I% ~/ g
将中国申报的“二十四节气——中国人通过观察太阳周年运动而形成的时间知识体系及其实践”
5 G" B. d. k/ Z* G3 J公仔箱論壇列入联合国教科文组织人类非物质文化遗产代表作名录。

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。$ ~) t: @7 ?+ {; c# q

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9 u4 _1 E, O+ [9 n+ d5.39.217.76As we all know, our traditional festivities normally followTVBNOW 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。0 o5 B- A& {5 l9 c0 \( `
the Chinese lunar calender (农历); but we also know that 冬至 usually falls on Dec. 21-23;公仔箱論壇/ O- |6 N& D; ~8 A+ ]; k% z
this is because 冬至 is one of the 节气, and it follows the solar calender.: j+ c2 o$ @9 j  u( @% J. K

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每月两节不变更；
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The reason that the starting dates of each "节气" 7 f2 n" X3 t) U6 N+ S
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I think its because the Gregorian Calendar that we follow has
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. ~' r2 c7 D7 ]$ d6 w公仔箱論壇and the solar calendar that the 二十四节气 follows has "365.2422" days in each cycle.
6 W" Q1 {5 P: g% y2 B- ?0 mTVBNOW 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。So there are always 2 节气 in each month,公仔箱論壇) u; t) u. U0 ]9 ~0 H" W2 Q- ~
and the starting date of each 节气 may vary by 1-2 days.4 ~) P- {4 r$ v9 i8 ^/ i0 [
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It would also be interesting to note that for 2017
7 c9 ]9 `0 Q' Y; e6 U立春 is on 2月3日, 立春 is normally on 2月4日,
- y& r6 T( s  G$ ~# c. tthe next time 立春 falls on 2月3日 will be in the year of 2021.
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Here is an animated illustration for the reason公仔箱論壇( X: R4 y5 y" e
for haveing 4 seasons:
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The Axis of Rotation8 A- v( ^1 Q& \# W

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, q. i! N0 l) C* R. C/ YSpring - The Vivaldi Four Seasons) Y, U  p+ d) R' n& V: Y
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Now, here is another interesting question:* D8 A, H& I1 A5 G' T
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Why does April always start on the same day of the week?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。  ?& M4 }/ b% Q3 _
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Sorry, correct or not, no reward for the answer ...
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** All Credits belong to GraceChanStau for her original post on "二十四时节" **