元宵猜灯谜

norman.ho

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I know I am not supposed to place reward for quiz;
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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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receive TVBox $800,00.
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Anyone interested, please have a go, it will be fun.  5.39.217.76/ s  ]0 v% T. O  N
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二十四节气歌
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" @, L; l2 w  F9 D7 I/ ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvb春雨惊春清谷天，夏满芒夏暑相连；
! @* k: u2 T: c; P公仔箱論壇秋处露秋寒霜降，冬雪雪冬小大寒。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。# E& n+ N# p3 L/ j+ ]& N( G
每月两节不变更，最多相差一两天；公仔箱論壇3 ?; f0 S1 v5 h8 X
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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& n3 E0 Q7 a; d3 w9 v The figures are not adding up .. ???  
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3 Q6 z2 F6 k. h* t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. 公仔箱論壇+ C9 K! z" \2 R9 }) J
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 .. ^! i: m* b# C
夏至六廿一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。9 P: K0 f. Q( l
小暑7月6-8日
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立秋8月7-9日tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; Q: F7 c1 z+ J9 a9 c6 h
處暑8月22-24日5.39.217.76# X+ o- v+ c6 [& P
處暑八廿三
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norman.ho

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3# Pedestrian_A
8 b/ u6 x9 O$ T' f# ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThanks for being so helpful all the time.; |7 d2 x4 I3 ]4 T, M
I know you are super rich, so no money for you, just this time :).
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; U9 Q6 V$ W! ^% R% p5.39.217.76Actually 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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# D- x/ ^9 {3 J) }  E( B+ Dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe last two two verse says:
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上半年来六廿一，下半年是八廿三。5.39.217.761 I* q8 [. @  t& F3 ?" @- H

+ Z' y2 C1 J) xThis two verses has significant meanings, it has historical, cultural and scientific significance.
; G1 r) k* H) n. \- l3 S2 sYou are pretty close though.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 [( {7 c5 s3 Y7 U
Thanks again.
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1 ?  i5 D" e( p- t! I- w; I公仔箱論壇After having done a bit of research myself, I think I have a clear and correct answer.
2 P# b- Y; Q& R+ A4 ?, x. l! ktvb 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).
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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5.39.217.760 W  Q+ N8 D3 @7 @
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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6 r( z2 Z0 b5 V  i2 A0 ^/ L公仔箱論壇Well, it took someone with the status of
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My old friend BChew's answer is absolutely spot on.
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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# G6 O7 q# c8 P. K, u
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For those who are interested in further details,% L# u. D, b  h
please refer to the followint link:
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https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hans/%E8%8A%82%E6%B0%94
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8 X2 `' b$ J& C+ W3 T1 W! EIt would be highly disrespectful for me to give any reward to BChew,
5 F- J6 P6 k, |5 \; J. z% `5.39.217.76someone of 親王 status is always super rich,8 c! R4 N$ }& O' P' F; @; W
so the very least that I could do is to express my greatest
9 [7 K; g9 Z5 V1 rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbappreciation for his post and reply.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ E+ S$ y. V& F5 F$ {' y/ F

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: A1 W! K7 g6 _1 C# vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAs I had memtioned, "二十四时节" is of historical, cultural and scientific significant;2 G% ]" `" J$ ]

2016年11月30日，联合国教科文组织正式通过决议，tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" Z1 D* Y$ _- u
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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- ~! f4 ~- C. MAs we all know, our traditional festivities normally follow
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this is because 冬至 is one of the 节气, and it follows the solar calender.6 }( q. J0 J0 K, E1 `- p
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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" 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。: ]) j9 K, w* h' h' n2 u
may vary by 1-2 days (in the Gregorian Calendar);公仔箱論壇# d* F6 b* Z" x6 D

; R3 _  C& t/ w* U) h& \I think its because the Gregorian Calendar that we follow has
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3 Y9 d  ]! w1 B6 H) gand the solar calendar that the 二十四节气 follows has "365.2422" days in each cycle.公仔箱論壇0 N; F+ i) q- M$ S4 d/ S' S
So there are always 2 节气 in each month,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 H! L  v& b, Q
and the starting date of each 节气 may vary by 1-2 days.
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... I may not be correct on this point
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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。* O( J9 A) C% z  \$ Q
It would also be interesting to note that for 2017
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the next time 立春 falls on 2月3日 will be in the year of 2021.: d' @8 b5 t" b
  
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Here is an animated illustration for the reason
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Just some nice music to relax with and to enjoy:公仔箱論壇9 H7 p. \2 Z5 E2 W3 {

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$ v6 d: k( d3 B4 r6 KNow, here is another interesting question:
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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。8 h$ Y; {/ I6 {5 W
Why does April always start on the same day of the week?
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. z0 r, w7 r5 e% U5.39.217.76Sorry, 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。* N9 Z# T. G+ U# f0 Y1 ^! H

. k% T( G* s0 N3 H" }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。 ** All Credits belong to GraceChanStau for her original post on "二十四时节" **