元宵猜灯谜

norman.ho

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I know I am not supposed to place reward for quiz; 7 f* U& Y, m. i" [$ T+ ^
but the mod seemed to stay on hyibernating :0.
0 V  Y. ]/ n. ASo I am giving away a private reward to the first 8 大大 who can give
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and clear answer will receive TVB $1,000,000; all correct answer will
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1 l, v( }( d- ?  W+ ~* OReward will be announced on 年初七人日.
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Anyone interested, please have a go, it will be fun.  & f- W& h% Q( w& I: N4 O% _+ o/ ]

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% E7 U$ B: L/ H: G# Z5.39.217.76春雨惊春清谷天，夏满芒夏暑相连；
8 [5 E, M3 {1 u0 [2 e公仔箱論壇秋处露秋寒霜降，冬雪雪冬小大寒。
% D: a% u7 u9 C  n' b' X8 ~tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb每月两节不变更，最多相差一两天；
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. I+ b7 d9 x* A3 O* P. CThe puzzle is the last two verse of 二十四节气歌:
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# e0 S  N8 |. k, K! i- p5 z; x5 ?% a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。) C0 j+ M! z0 ^2 B1 t' o1 `0 s% ]
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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. 6 D9 Y0 K1 J% S
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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立秋8月7-9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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Thanks for being so helpful all the time.
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! O& [3 r' t2 S/ R, a/ `& Ntvb 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
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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。9 J8 i7 X7 \* P  R. U$ y! {
The last two two verse says: # }$ [! w  b. M" R, m! \% b! E
每月两节不变更，最多相差一两天；
5 O9 m+ E+ ]2 X8 w2 h3 atvb now,tvbnow,bttvb上半年来六廿一，下半年是八廿三。tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ E3 U! m2 T1 f: a5 _* h
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This two verses has significant meanings, it has historical, cultural and scientific significance.
' r9 _, w' R- \! s& m0 uYou are pretty close though.
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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).5.39.217.763 f+ b2 C4 [8 V
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”一句公仔箱論壇- R  G4 c1 W: O8 r9 |) {
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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Well, it took someone with the status of
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6 R! Y% g+ U$ E4 T3 H4 z4 h6 Etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbMy 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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https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hans/%E8%8A%82%E6%B0%94
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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。( y  _, D$ f' z
It would be highly disrespectful for me to give any reward to BChew,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ r' F8 V/ `% a" c
someone of 親王 status is always super rich,
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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，
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3 O& u, }& v8 o9 K" J5.39.217.76As we all know, our traditional festivities normally follow
1 `# o; p4 T% G- u& l: C; U% S- \5.39.217.76the Chinese lunar calender (农历); but we also know that 冬至 usually falls on Dec. 21-23;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。$ g: t( d! P1 e" z8 I8 u/ O
this is because 冬至 is one of the 节气, and it follows the solar calender.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。# S% E$ y4 k6 H3 S! u" j

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每月两节不变更；5.39.217.76  t- O6 K- c# d# f
最多相差一两天

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% U% }. Z/ g! u' x+ KThe reason that the starting dates of each "节气"
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28/29/30/31 days in different calendar months;5.39.217.762 R; Q1 x1 {* ?: `+ p" ^
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and the solar calendar that the 二十四节气 follows has "365.2422" days in each cycle.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 ?8 l7 l& ~" ?5 z# y) @# y
So there are always 2 节气 in each month,公仔箱論壇* j/ _0 n! u  ]6 R( J0 g6 e( D! N
and the starting date of each 节气 may vary by 1-2 days.
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It would also be interesting to note that for 2017tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# a  B3 T4 i0 |, a2 `
立春 is on 2月3日, 立春 is normally on 2月4日,
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Here is an animated illustration for the reason
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The Axis of Rotation% l' S, ]- J6 R/ S
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Just some nice music to relax with and to enjoy:
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Now, here is another interesting question:tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: w3 |7 H5 M, a% V+ F3 e9 |2 ^

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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 ...
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** All Credits belong to GraceChanStau for her original post on "二十四时节" **