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I 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( H5 w: _* a. q
a correct and clear answer to my puzzle on ....,  The most appropriate
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receive TVBox $800,00.
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) O7 h0 o* c5 O5 PAnyone interested, please have a go, it will be fun.  5.39.217.778 g% V2 ^. V# I& K

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/ p8 i! q5 q) z# U4 |  V' @6 H2 z5.39.217.77二十四节气歌/ k3 ~* X# C4 R3 C6 u( o# y
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春雨惊春清谷天，夏满芒夏暑相连；
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/ _6 p# m" b; D" K$ |2 [5.39.217.77每月两节不变更，最多相差一两天；5.39.217.77" a1 F: ]; E! X
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:公仔箱論壇; n) [) c0 w$ W% v% @

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What's happening between 六二十二 .. 八二十二 7 i+ {0 F$ k, k8 I; X- J
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.
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norman.ho

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Thanks for being so helpful all the time.3 G  w0 B1 n+ A
I know you are super rich, so no money for you, just this time :).
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The last two two verse says:
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! f# h) z+ i0 y+ A4 |# }2 o: O5.39.217.77上半年来六廿一，下半年是八廿三。
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You are pretty close though.
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! m* ]" w) K. Y4 _* V0 Btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAfter having done a bit of research myself, I think I have a clear and correct answer.5.39.217.778 ~$ p2 _5 v( D2 I
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).
7 |. b, u/ U- ?  [- Ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTraditionally, 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 oftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 H5 T7 K+ A7 ?+ H) ]6 F* C
親王 to post the correct 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。' P5 a' \# N4 G* F  K
My old friend BChew's answer is absolutely spot on.
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please refer to the followint link:
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0 s8 X4 d: f9 I" a- D' ]5 D' }" L3 [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIt would be highly disrespectful for me to give any reward to BChew,
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  q! S4 }! e  Qso 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，5.39.217.77* k4 R; r. S- T$ W. Z$ i' ]+ ?
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”5.39.217.773 V+ A( X7 V+ f) P
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7 I7 w6 t1 K0 v& h9 ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAs 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* T5 C* y$ `3 s- w/ q

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I think its because the Gregorian Calendar that we follow has
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' f" D, b0 n6 I: d# L" e, qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvband the solar calendar that the 二十四节气 follows has "365.2422" days in each cycle.
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立春 is on 2月3日, 立春 is normally on 2月4日,
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Just some nice music to relax with and to enjoy:tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: m0 I' U9 W! s7 U) L

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  o" y* }" k+ i$ E3 f2 \3 I公仔箱論壇Now, here is another interesting question:
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- w' Y7 z0 d& TWhy does April always start on the same day of the week?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。0 L9 [0 g4 x9 b: W
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Sorry, correct or not, no reward for the answer ... : r8 V) `' d! C

7 d' p4 b/ F7 q& e# t/ K8 t+ R ** All Credits belong to GraceChanStau for her original post on "二十四时节" **