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but the mod seemed to stay on hyibernating :0.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# `4 q: _6 H: Z5 H1 y  U
So I am giving away a private reward to the first 8 大大 who can give5.39.217.761 Y( C9 j1 K) M
a correct and clear answer to my puzzle on ....,  The most appropriate
, h3 z# I8 F; \6 Band clear answer will receive TVB $1,000,000; all correct answer will
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Reward will be announced on 年初七人日.4 P4 {6 c$ e1 t' R  q0 F
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Anyone interested, please have a go, it will be fun.  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 U, {5 O2 B* l2 \. N$ m$ \

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5 s9 q% e5 ?1 }0 C. y春雨惊春清谷天，夏满芒夏暑相连；
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每月两节不变更，最多相差一两天；tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 J1 {' V! p0 s5 s, j- e( k2 Y; @
上半年来六廿一，下半年是八廿三。
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. t- @) b+ m5 X3 v% c5.39.217.76The puzzle is the last two verse of 二十四节气歌:
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" {& ?+ B4 O4 C0 A5 f- w5.39.217.76 The figures are not adding up .. ???  " Q1 p( Q  `  y$ f% X
What's happening between 六二十二 .. 八二十二
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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 .
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大暑7月22-24日
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處暑八廿三tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 E" i3 Y) f2 n- O* L2 {0 i

# ^& ?" s8 T3 O; r* P5.39.217.76please don't send me any tvb$, i am richer than you think.

norman.ho

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1 n3 U" K0 N' O, b, G  {公仔箱論壇Thanks for being so helpful all the time.
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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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* b$ q2 S! k  P% {/ a  l* e+ xThe last two two verse says: tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 W6 ^. v* [5 H! j
每月两节不变更，最多相差一两天；公仔箱論壇) p( R$ w" W# l- k' N7 {. `7 {2 ?
上半年来六廿一，下半年是八廿三。. [$ [/ T) W& i, U) r

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You 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.( x  N1 D! D: a# o
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
* |' [3 G4 \! o& a% E! a$ NThese 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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) W* c8 H$ A* b8 ]. E8 ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWell, it took someone with the status of
& }0 A8 A& }* C% R7 d 親王 to post the correct answer.
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. h* K$ k4 v6 _2 k- E7 lFor those who are interested in further details,
6 V+ e; L& K+ Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbplease refer to the followint link:
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It would be highly disrespectful for me to give any reward to BChew,
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; h; s$ |' ]* e4 o% rso 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;
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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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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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3 d" m% K7 h" D1 V! K  Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAs we all know, our traditional festivities normally followtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# R( h' ]6 S# q, f# f- y
the Chinese lunar calender (农历); but we also know that 冬至 usually falls on Dec. 21-23;
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每月两节不变更；7 Z! ~$ ?7 \7 R" S! M" c
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The reason that the starting dates of each "节气"
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& ^& J' ?- h6 i( X1 Tand the solar calendar that the 二十四节气 follows has "365.2422" days in each cycle.
6 s$ r! j4 G- B2 ~6 XSo there are always 2 节气 in each month,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 K" `2 y0 X7 r6 D- a  v/ d
and the starting date of each 节气 may vary by 1-2 days.' y+ [+ A6 {3 A6 w; z
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... I may not be correct on this point
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+ l) q( n, s" P, n9 ~! S/ V2 ^8 {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIt would also be interesting to note that for 2017
8 w0 C  T2 J8 h7 B! Y  j1 j5.39.217.76立春 is on 2月3日, 立春 is normally on 2月4日,
9 f' u8 i: h$ j! t公仔箱論壇the next time 立春 falls on 2月3日 will be in the year of 2021.
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for haveing 4 seasons:# |$ p) c6 ]8 Z+ `) M4 J
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The Axis of Rotation
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Now, here is another interesting question:tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 S  E; Y& r5 S2 W. F$ [8 L- z
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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 ... 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 Q% ^6 u- M8 g5 @' I
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** All Credits belong to GraceChanStau for her original post on "二十四时节" **