元宵猜灯谜

norman.ho

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So I am giving away a private reward to the first 8 大大 who can give
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1 @, g0 ~; x" d8 htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAnyone interested, please have a go, it will be fun.  
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二十四节气歌tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 w! f" |( }# @& y8 q8 C% L) `
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春雨惊春清谷天，夏满芒夏暑相连；6 d4 ?. M0 J( p$ p) U0 A0 X
秋处露秋寒霜降，冬雪雪冬小大寒。公仔箱論壇1 j. D! G+ h: v, Z
每月两节不变更，最多相差一两天；
  d* r  k7 _$ a# H上半年来六廿一，下半年是八廿三。5.39.217.76, f, y, S* c" U2 g8 M2 }
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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，下半年是八廿三5.39.217.763 n( A& J, l* x: \( J
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The figures are not adding up .. ???  tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ C2 @. d1 |) R. r% j: s
What's happening between 六二十二 .. 八二十二 . J& U# e. a0 M% l2 F
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. 5.39.217.76# w1 Z2 v8 [" b* ^" ~+ `+ y
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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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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I know you are super rich, so no money for you, just this time :).公仔箱論壇& \$ K" k# @9 v+ d' X2 r

  I& [) @: ~1 L/ O7 iActually 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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8 @  l9 [. U7 _& q; Z1 u" A5.39.217.76The 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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5 x9 w9 }& S+ a3 y$ ^This two verses has significant meanings, it has historical, cultural and scientific significance.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. x6 m+ |* l( _; A
You are pretty close though.
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3 c% v% I: R4 z. X7 O  {) Atvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAfter having done a bit of research myself, I think I have a clear and correct answer.5 P( c& [$ \- f( u$ `2 u( ?) k$ l
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).
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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
7 T! F# f, ~7 N' i6 T* CThese 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 of3 j6 ?7 g8 @- g- F2 Z& q3 W
親王 to post the correct answer.公仔箱論壇7 ]8 Q! O3 ]6 ^" U! w3 {
My old friend BChew's answer is absolutely spot on.
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For those who are interested in further details,
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3 P1 H* i& A( `It would be highly disrespectful for me to give any reward to BChew,
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1 V# v( n9 ]! r  |5 ?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;6 Q0 @1 ^, H1 n

2016年11月30日，联合国教科文组织正式通过决议，5.39.217.761 i7 N+ T/ t6 e6 X5 ~/ F
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”' x, [* ?0 g2 u
列入联合国教科文组织人类非物质文化遗产代表作名录。

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( r0 o& o5 B- g$ n6 h8 v公仔箱論壇As we all know, our traditional festivities normally follow
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每月两节不变更；
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I think its because the Gregorian Calendar that we follow has
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# O  {6 X/ N/ ?" W5 n4 i. w& j公仔箱論壇and the solar calendar that the 二十四节气 follows has "365.2422" days in each cycle.
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and the starting date of each 节气 may vary by 1-2 days.( u5 v- K9 U+ E/ @

) D' v" u7 ~+ M1 Z) r: s ... I may not be correct on this point
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It would also be interesting to note that for 2017
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Here is an animated illustration for the reason
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The Axis of Rotation
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Now, here is another interesting question: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。+ ]/ J0 X! O) ~( W# ]

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. T7 e) T& R; Q1 r3 ISorry, correct or not, no reward for the answer ...
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