元宵猜灯谜

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$ H3 i. |9 O2 M" k! `4 YI know I am not supposed to place reward for quiz; , k7 {; W% @6 ^- Y$ i. E
but the mod seemed to stay on hyibernating :0.5.39.217.76* O) Z4 e* w7 W3 d
So I am giving away a private reward to the first 8 大大 who can give: J8 \' ?. N/ `4 W% }
a correct and clear answer to my puzzle on ....,  The most appropriate
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Anyone interested, please have a go, it will be fun.  
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# f' S% N' u; B. t! A8 \7 A5.39.217.76二十四节气歌5.39.217.767 @- i& y5 I. M% u

5 F* X0 |5 \$ g- W公仔箱論壇春雨惊春清谷天，夏满芒夏暑相连；
# w0 F1 M9 m7 V( C1 A6 A秋处露秋寒霜降，冬雪雪冬小大寒。
. y2 _8 j4 S# D2 x6 `$ v5.39.217.76每月两节不变更，最多相差一两天；2 m* G; Z' j* V$ c0 F
上半年来六廿一，下半年是八廿三。
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6 ]  U) r; R* O& X5.39.217.76The puzzle is the last two verse of 二十四节气歌:
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上半年来六廿一，下半年是八廿三2 I+ G4 |8 z0 Q  g, S( x' q
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The figures are not adding up .. ???  
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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. 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 R4 S3 N& K+ k( C. S' b
Everybody wins.

norman.ho

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Thanks for being so helpful all the time.公仔箱論壇& u9 e  I0 `1 l- o# O! o+ \
I know you are super rich, so no money for you, just this time :).公仔箱論壇6 p; h# L! E# n# Y  q$ E3 ]

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6 [* f- C& H$ d. F' x5.39.217.76The last two two verse says: 5.39.217.76/ t: |! U: x6 g" }
每月两节不变更，最多相差一两天；9 f' V2 F- c- \" z0 Z0 b
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。5 m* M( A: Z0 m' W! u  [7 h

5 A( `7 U% n: N) d. l. Ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThis two verses has significant meanings, it has historical, cultural and scientific significance.
& _. x0 ~0 c1 `/ `# x2 F( F; hYou are pretty close though.
  |# @' c, P/ Y# ?Thanks again.
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4 b# x+ r: E, c  v1 \$ M7 Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAfter 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?.

norman.ho

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Well, it took someone with the status of8 ^2 ?/ I0 }  G; }: E; H
親王 to post the correct answer.
% T8 W0 f* y3 c5.39.217.76My old friend BChew's answer is absolutely spot on.公仔箱論壇  R" K, W/ y8 m6 D' }  Q. o; ^
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please refer to the followint link:8 E9 H% c5 P8 [+ @0 [6 G. B9 r# |

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$ a( x9 o8 v8 T4 Z2 N3 b, N* A5.39.217.76https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hans/%E8%8A%82%E6%B0%94
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5 J3 q2 N7 A5 W# LIt would be highly disrespectful for me to give any reward to BChew,
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so the very least that I could do is to express my greatest
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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。5 Q4 [. ^7 X5 D
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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As we all know, our traditional festivities normally follow5.39.217.765 w( y# L) |' G* _$ B" k5 k
the Chinese lunar calender (农历); but we also know that 冬至 usually falls on Dec. 21-23;
  O0 w  R+ w1 X5 u3 p$ f% S; Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbthis 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；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。; \" `- m' `, k# K4 J) A+ i
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( V# N: V/ x2 X5 F2 a2 n" f# v! F' dThe reason that the starting dates of each "节气"
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) D: [$ W! \, xI think its because the Gregorian Calendar that we follow has
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and the solar calendar that the 二十四节气 follows has "365.2422" days in each cycle.
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8 a' C- d6 {5 z! I: W, r5.39.217.76 ... I may not be correct on this point
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the next time 立春 falls on 2月3日 will be in the year of 2021.
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Here is an animated illustration for the reason
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, }- H) b# E8 t) {Just some nice music to relax with and to enjoy:
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Spring - The Vivaldi Four Seasons  Z! t( a3 _7 t1 s" e- Z; l1 P5 p

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Now, here is another interesting question:
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Why does April always start on the same day of the week?5.39.217.76% ?, P2 Y7 c8 N+ X9 B
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; L& ?. H* O+ y. @+ m- v公仔箱論壇Sorry, correct or not, no reward for the answer ...
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