元宵猜灯谜

norman.ho

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I know I am not supposed to place reward for quiz; $ ^$ ^) H' z  C5 ]4 w! z
but the mod seemed to stay on hyibernating :0.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。/ H1 \, i# p1 P) t6 k# s
So I am giving away a private reward to the first 8 大大 who can give
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/ s6 V9 G  a1 Q0 `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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2 r' W& y, p+ j# Y# C6 u2 `Anyone interested, please have a go, it will be fun.  # ]: W6 T3 u+ O1 W# b' k. E

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春雨惊春清谷天，夏满芒夏暑相连；公仔箱論壇  r2 W% N' ~% b; l& ?0 I9 ?% e; h
秋处露秋寒霜降，冬雪雪冬小大寒。* p. K- k( b+ D  x! ^
每月两节不变更，最多相差一两天；
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The puzzle is the last two verse of 二十四节气歌:公仔箱論壇& W3 R; t9 m3 N7 k* |

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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.
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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 .5.39.217.77( A6 }. F  f: D/ B- i) @
夏至六廿一3 Y2 E* M  o& [7 S. D/ d
小暑7月6-8日' F: ~' v3 I/ k1 Q1 x" E9 a
大暑7月22-24日
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處暑8月22-24日
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norman.ho

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9 d( @4 e! I; x# i+ g2 Q) w5 h公仔箱論壇Thanks for being so helpful all the time.
' Z  L# k4 }: a( x: B$ H5.39.217.77I know you are super rich, so no money for you, just this time :).5 D4 U6 {$ N. E# s
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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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The last two two verse says:
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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。( Y6 ?" B9 @- x8 a! ~" h' ~

: o# K+ |& ?. i3 h7 p  j公仔箱論壇This two verses has significant meanings, it has historical, cultural and scientific significance.
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- f5 A7 T6 `+ `0 o  U: G8 p7 h/ @After having done a bit of research myself, I think I have a clear and correct answer.7 l+ z+ i' g7 F! S
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)., T) y, k2 Y9 s( e" S7 s
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7 g; ^1 O9 ~  w1 c, O
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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My old friend BChew's answer is absolutely spot on.
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3 R6 S( D4 _0 W+ _3 ~+ Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFor those who are interested in further details,tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# [( ]' F! j$ K  k
please refer to the followint link:
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https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hans/%E8%8A%82%E6%B0%94
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It would be highly disrespectful for me to give any reward to BChew,
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- t3 X$ i: ]7 |, ~: @so the very least that I could do is to express my greatest
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# |; S# E+ C$ Q7 h" `- r5.39.217.77As 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，
( `9 W# F* B) S! ?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 followtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 s. }. Q1 B; }0 b* i" F
the Chinese lunar calender (农历); but we also know that 冬至 usually falls on Dec. 21-23;5.39.217.77$ C; t8 I3 w& o8 j5 l
this is because 冬至 is one of the 节气, and it follows the solar calender.公仔箱論壇) A. B  Y3 v7 y7 D6 C2 f9 G

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每月两节不变更；
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2 e! m+ w7 w4 k$ ~& i6 ^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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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.
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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。/ N$ ^7 b% _/ z7 V" S/ i& Z# \4 ~

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, \: R" n) J: k- r6 O5.39.217.77It would also be interesting to note that for 2017tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* C. I; |8 b+ C9 T* E, n% T' n$ S% [
立春 is on 2月3日, 立春 is normally on 2月4日,) M. Q# E* |8 ~  q6 K0 n$ b
the next time 立春 falls on 2月3日 will be in the year of 2021.
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, h# o0 ]) |9 l9 g: T$ \Here is an animated illustration for the reason5.39.217.772 W$ m5 \/ ?+ S6 J" _' |
for haveing 4 seasons:9 k" O# Q, b1 i$ O+ M

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The Axis of Rotationtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 a: j3 G6 N5 U, B8 V- F
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Just some nice music to relax with and to enjoy:公仔箱論壇/ X! u$ J( @! [2 `5 e4 g

; @! `8 M2 x9 J/ F" w公仔箱論壇Spring - The Vivaldi Four Seasons
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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?
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Sorry, correct or not, no reward for the answer ...
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