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  S" _) q% h, G* W  J4 jI 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.  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: F8 T% t3 }0 E+ ?4 r# r+ s

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二十四节气歌, o/ e4 ?$ _/ y  Z% s* E
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春雨惊春清谷天，夏满芒夏暑相连；tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% ?4 }0 j) B/ j2 V
秋处露秋寒霜降，冬雪雪冬小大寒。6 h; G# g0 x: T" _# C8 [
每月两节不变更，最多相差一两天；8 A* N1 Z4 ]" ]4 ~
上半年来六廿一，下半年是八廿三。公仔箱論壇* x( a" D7 Q9 M) k; w/ V2 c$ H

3 k5 M, w* Y) Y1 B公仔箱論壇The puzzle is the last two verse of 二十四节气歌:
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The figures are not adding up .. ???  tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 q, p: A& C5 k6 {
What's happening between 六二十二 .. 八二十二 # D5 Q7 E: s3 ~  P3 J4 O) x+ w2 U- S
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. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 ^" L. S; m! v
Everybody wins.

norman.ho

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Thanks for being so helpful all the time.
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' J$ _' J/ v; O1 b3 Q" b& H4 aActually this is a very interesting question; basically what I am asking is the actual meaning in the last two verses of thetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: M: ?3 O( C, |
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The last two two verse says:
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You are pretty close though.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( z9 f" l7 c  c- P4 L
Thanks again.
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After having done a bit of research myself, I think I have a clear and correct answer.5.39.217.761 n1 {9 k& l1 T( d; T; v7 D- `& t
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).tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) k9 f& B) Q; d; {- M
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 ofTVBNOW 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。* w, ]1 o7 i. D" l* ]
親王 to post the correct answer.
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, `4 r) V, k$ }8 p: T5 C5 ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFor those who are interested in further details,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ N, F# ]7 g7 O) X7 c% Q7 Q
please refer to the followint link:
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https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hans/%E8%8A%82%E6%B0%945.39.217.76, |6 H% s& w8 @+ h2 @; e
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It would be highly disrespectful for me to give any reward to BChew,6 Y2 Y) U/ q# [$ {
someone of 親王 status is always super rich,公仔箱論壇, _( U- B* ?5 @/ s  H
so the very least that I could do is to express my greatest
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1 _( {9 K3 M/ U  R: j9 q; g公仔箱論壇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，5.39.217.76% `( Z3 L, Y. j8 p% P$ T" I% n
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”tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb  T* J0 J: X1 G; [6 D; f: i
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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" i) j& U- [  G2 I; a. c  v9 e  NAs 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.公仔箱論壇& i+ `3 Z7 c+ Q: [
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每月两节不变更；
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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。4 f+ |9 g) L6 W) c# \- I7 S
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The reason that the starting dates of each "节气"
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I think its because the Gregorian Calendar that we follow has 公仔箱論壇9 ^: G3 E( x8 H9 R
28/29/30/31 days in different calendar months;
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and the solar calendar that the 二十四节气 follows has "365.2422" days in each cycle.5.39.217.76; z. K% F  g, r
So there are always 2 节气 in each month,5.39.217.768 J& a! j9 S( T) v; t% b- H+ D
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 pointTVBNOW 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。: u% d! p4 J9 Z; m

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It would also be interesting to note that for 2017
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Just some nice music to relax with and to enjoy:
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4 M# r' \' U# Z( h$ Z( q公仔箱論壇Spring - The Vivaldi Four SeasonsTVBNOW 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。& U0 @4 h) ]. g: e  ^

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; E/ k- ~' x5 x5 g9 [- m3 e& p& n公仔箱論壇Now, here is another interesting question:
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Why does April always start on the same day of the week?
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** All Credits belong to GraceChanStau for her original post on "二十四时节" **