元宵猜灯谜

norman.ho

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I know I am not supposed to place reward for quiz; tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 {: x! Z. F- m$ ?. t/ B
but the mod seemed to stay on hyibernating :0.
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4 }5 f0 \! X8 h! q. wreceive TVBox $800,00.5.39.217.76* L- u2 Y$ s$ g2 [6 V
Reward will be announced on 年初七人日.6 x3 D/ X$ m: t* t2 J

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春雨惊春清谷天，夏满芒夏暑相连；% ?8 C" f2 @$ T! k, l
秋处露秋寒霜降，冬雪雪冬小大寒。
6 }* u" ^' H+ {" q( J( I每月两节不变更，最多相差一两天；
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What's happening between 六二十二 .. 八二十二 5.39.217.76+ w: X: D4 n; {0 y$ Z6 _- D
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. 公仔箱論壇6 m+ j4 s7 S- H( N: l! _& u2 C" V
Everybody wins.

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 .
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小暑7月6-8日
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處暑8月22-24日
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please don't send me any tvb$, i am richer than you think.

norman.ho

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1 j/ A" p7 [- B+ K; a% A( \5 cThanks for being so helpful all the time.5.39.217.762 X- ?  X  Y2 `; N
I know you are super rich, so no money for you, just this 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。2 O/ z3 ]7 U  ?1 S1 r! h- o
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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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) ~) L- ~. K1 r; j' \3 i" n3 \% D: VThe last two two verse says:
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  V- M- S$ c" n1 ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb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.5.39.217.768 s; Z. ^) B4 ^: d9 V" A( P  E2 w
You are pretty close though.公仔箱論壇5 J3 h  y- h1 R( s0 }2 b$ U
Thanks again.公仔箱論壇6 s* e2 P2 T9 s5 o; ]& C
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After having done a bit of research myself, I think I have a clear and correct answer.
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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
' L8 O8 D7 `% i& c/ @# d, xtvb 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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* _, q9 g4 s4 a* z公仔箱論壇Well, it took someone with the status of) @, y' ?: Y( C2 j/ M4 L- A2 e
親王 to post the correct answer.2 P* v8 c) v! y) y; G/ t
My old friend BChew's answer is absolutely spot on.5.39.217.76. F' y6 R4 b9 J3 B

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For those who are interested in further details,: E3 m4 H3 G7 n! \5 j
please refer to the followint link:, O+ W" C3 r3 Q

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It would be highly disrespectful for me to give any reward to BChew,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ F$ O+ D" F7 U/ G2 v! X2 e% L
someone of 親王 status is always super rich,
2 N0 g- f5 R8 s' C9 s公仔箱論壇so the very least that I could do is to express my greatest
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  f9 L; N  g1 r5 O. G$ b) N# @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAs I had memtioned, "二十四时节" is of historical, cultural and scientific significant;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 U$ s/ P8 C' Q+ J  ~

2016年11月30日，联合国教科文组织正式通过决议，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。4 ?4 n' K* K5 I4 c
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”
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7 o0 s6 B$ g, W* g3 d- l# W5.39.217.76As we all know, our traditional festivities normally followtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 A0 t+ C' Q) |- @
the Chinese lunar calender (农历); but we also know that 冬至 usually falls on Dec. 21-23;
1 h$ I( W( A1 I- ^' }2 Pthis 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"
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I think its because the Gregorian Calendar that we follow has 5.39.217.769 Q. G* j9 Y4 g0 s: R3 c9 h) p
28/29/30/31 days in different calendar months;
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and the solar calendar that the 二十四节气 follows has "365.2422" days in each cycle.5.39.217.76; O0 `' u# b9 T9 T& D3 @/ c
So there are always 2 节气 in each month,
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; I7 Q, v: u- p" \- \- R6 b公仔箱論壇 ... I may not be correct on this point
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It would also be interesting to note that for 2017公仔箱論壇0 b' o. b4 `  @
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Here is an animated illustration for the reasontvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ \. ]* s9 T( m
for haveing 4 seasons:5.39.217.76: N& B' \9 |0 S! ~4 _$ H0 k, J

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The Axis of Rotation7 U5 {3 G+ |6 N
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Spring - The Vivaldi Four Seasons
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Now, here is another interesting question:5.39.217.76; c: H6 o( U4 A" Z9 V- h( p
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Why does April always start on the same day of the week?
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2 ?5 I( P" F' p  OSorry, 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" **