元宵猜灯谜

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  F! p( h) o( q! }9 BI know I am not supposed to place reward for quiz; 5.39.217.770 D2 X& q, ~, r
but the mod seemed to stay on hyibernating :0.公仔箱論壇3 R6 Q5 G' u4 ^( i- p5 ]1 ]- |
So 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 $1,000,000; all correct answer will
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Reward will be announced on 年初七人日.
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$ _6 t* O  m, f) D0 R" U" Otvb now,tvbnow,bttvb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；) G4 Y8 @: h$ @* {) L
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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上半年来六廿一，下半年是八廿三
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0 L% _* X; P) l 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. 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。" }+ A/ d1 i  _  b7 @
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 .0 [% O- a8 F) F" ]
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小暑7月6-8日
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立秋8月7-9日
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處暑八廿三) [: R4 |& ?& a  K4 r; Y; s  [

4 P  d* b( _+ |, t1 |) E  yplease don't send me any tvb$, i am richer than you think.

norman.ho

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# k, q; P1 t0 z& I1 Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThanks for being so helpful all the time.  {, ^* U/ J, l; \' }2 R! _) G
I know you are super rich, so no money for you, just this time :).公仔箱論壇3 u8 K' B& ~( `. m6 z

8 g7 l! Z2 u: t8 h$ WTVBNOW 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。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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' q2 D+ ]" A. f' hThe last two two verse says: 5.39.217.77* R9 R. o$ y' O" @6 T
每月两节不变更，最多相差一两天；
: z! ?. q. N/ f# F1 {5.39.217.77上半年来六廿一，下半年是八廿三。
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' e6 m, f+ p+ Q1 c4 {) {9 {$ Y: CThis two verses has significant meanings, it has historical, cultural and scientific significance.
7 j+ @/ v4 L; ~You are pretty close though.
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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。1 Z% E6 S/ a" z$ H! R# k; _
After having done a bit of research myself, I think I have a clear and correct answer.
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4 c. I) X3 z% xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTraditionally, 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
0 z; X2 @' U0 Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThese 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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/ q, ~% D# [3 mTVBNOW 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。Well, it took someone with the status of5.39.217.774 {! ~# C0 L0 M, c1 M
親王 to post the correct answer.6 S* Y6 }7 `& V+ s* ?) ^
My old friend BChew's answer is absolutely spot on.( _+ V2 {2 b+ Z6 [( c  M1 a

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please refer to the followint link: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。% j% ?9 [8 S3 Y! S6 e! P7 \

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1 ~* ]$ H+ Y* M% e" j7 utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIt would be highly disrespectful for me to give any reward to BChew,8 o9 R, E6 F; [6 e0 L
someone of 親王 status is always super rich,
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1 z, P, C1 i% z8 h( ?' U, V, ?5.39.217.77appreciation for his post and reply., c$ f0 r0 |" C- C% f1 v. c3 _" l1 k
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6 T4 k' h6 q" k, r9 H3 [2 E9 tAs I had memtioned, "二十四时节" is of historical, cultural and scientific significant;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 k# w" I' @- i  M; G2 i

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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! l/ w4 L& q: l+ p* G( }As we all know, our traditional festivities normally follow" S# u1 a, r7 D3 c
the Chinese lunar calender (农历); but we also know that 冬至 usually falls on Dec. 21-23;
$ c7 {& K' D; E1 a, c( N7 U8 |$ J5.39.217.77this 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；
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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
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7 t& ]# n& Q! {7 G& v7 V6 n4 VTVBNOW 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。and the solar calendar that the 二十四节气 follows has "365.2422" days in each cycle.
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and the starting date of each 节气 may vary by 1-2 days./ X' G6 h; i/ i; D5 @6 ~
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... I may not be correct on this point
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0 a& ?1 Q- |% \9 ?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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Here is an animated illustration for the reason
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Spring - The Vivaldi Four Seasons
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) {8 }0 C4 _' eNow, here is another interesting question:
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4 z: z3 A5 S( v5 n1 F) U/ }7 n公仔箱論壇Why does April always start on the same day of the week?
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# ?$ q: K$ k' U( g3 D1 ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ** All Credits belong to GraceChanStau for her original post on "二十四时节" **