元宵猜灯谜

norman.ho

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I know I am not supposed to place reward for quiz; 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。# U; {* Y3 l+ t5 U: i; H" ]
but the mod seemed to stay on hyibernating :0.
5 t9 r+ p/ O# o  `/ x/ XSo I am giving away a private reward to the first 8 大大 who can give9 A2 z) r+ A2 f4 P- n5 L
a correct and clear answer to my puzzle on ....,  The most appropriate
) \2 F9 ]3 A: D9 {and clear answer will receive TVB $1,000,000; all correct answer will
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Anyone interested, please have a go, it will be fun.  
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二十四节气歌
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9 z1 s: Y2 ~5 x. Ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvb春雨惊春清谷天，夏满芒夏暑相连；
8 ?9 Q7 h$ Y( A$ B* A0 i秋处露秋寒霜降，冬雪雪冬小大寒。
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上半年来六廿一，下半年是八廿三。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。; V4 s/ F/ P8 j, Y0 x6 C% ]  t
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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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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 .9 u; k' a! D: j
夏至六廿一
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大暑7月22-24日
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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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/ _  S4 d5 ^4 ^! l! g2 Otvb now,tvbnow,bttvbActually this is a very interesting question; basically what I am asking is the actual meaning in the last two verses of the
1 T" r2 r3 u$ W4 P5.39.217.76 二十四节气歌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。' b( M0 A8 |. T8 H3 L: B3 F
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The last two two verse says:
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上半年来六廿一，下半年是八廿三。
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This two verses has significant meanings, it has historical, cultural and scientific significance.
7 ^. u9 i* K/ [) N2 xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbYou are pretty close though.
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After having done a bit of research myself, I think I have a clear and correct answer.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ |, T3 Z+ p1 O0 C% P4 d# _  T
If 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 j3 d$ ^9 u: ~: o1 z: ]tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTraditionally, 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5.39.217.76! [; T( t! J( B1 T
These 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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親王 to post the correct answer.% `, A2 }. p* L9 R0 u
My old friend BChew's answer is absolutely spot on.
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  u0 e9 k0 T/ i5.39.217.76For those who are interested in further details,
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https://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,) U8 r6 p: C3 U2 c2 O
someone of 親王 status is always super rich,
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- W; E& W' x# V0 k- M& @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAs I had memtioned, "二十四时节" is of historical, cultural and scientific significant;
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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”公仔箱論壇  B2 g& z3 _) _0 R+ \& h# w
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As we all know, our traditional festivities normally followtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 `1 T. o+ c6 ~, G7 C
the Chinese lunar calender (农历); but we also know that 冬至 usually falls on Dec. 21-23;5.39.217.766 t# E3 n7 s6 z+ U2 t/ U7 D
this is because 冬至 is one of the 节气, and it follows the solar calender.
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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" 2 w' `( s9 p3 _: y8 `- V. h% r3 `
may vary by 1-2 days (in the Gregorian Calendar);公仔箱論壇, A* x: J4 V6 |7 W% W# H5 t% |

# r8 ]  B2 ^  U+ n2 qI think its because the Gregorian Calendar that we follow has
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( s& N4 r, e/ [2 j; wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvband the solar calendar that the 二十四节气 follows has "365.2422" days in each cycle.
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立春 is on 2月3日, 立春 is normally on 2月4日,
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for haveing 4 seasons:公仔箱論壇* ^! @. ^5 Q0 E# }5 H

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Just some nice music to relax with and to enjoy: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。: L( B7 \& @) U. B* Q
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Spring - The Vivaldi Four Seasons公仔箱論壇' z3 L) ^8 }' c' E

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3 x0 z' _$ w9 n! o1 l' K/ ]公仔箱論壇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 ... 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。1 P& }0 `7 T& ]; b; |

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