This is the twelve-hour system used in the Western Zhou Dynasty. In the Han Dynasty, it was named Midnight, Crow, Pingdan, Sunrise, Food Time, Horn, Japan-China, Sundial, Sunset, Dusk and Man's Decision. It is also expressed by the twelve earthly branches, and it is the child time from 23: 00 to 1 at midnight, the ugly time from 1 to 3: 00, and the Yin Shi time from 3: 00 to 5: 00, which are recursive in turn.
Midnight: The first hour of twelve o'clock. (23: 00 to 0 1 hour).
Ugly Chicken: The second hour at twelve o'clock. (0 1 to 03: 00).
India stone dawn, dawn, etc. Time is the alternation of day and night. (03 o'clock to 05 o'clock).
Sunrise in Shi Mao, also known as the beginning of the sun, refers to the time when the sun just appeared and Ran Ran rose for the first time. (05: 00 to 07: 00)
When eating in the morning, it is also called breakfast. When the ancients ate in the morning, it was breakfast time (07:00 ~ 09:00).
Forty holes, also known as Yu Ri, etc. : near noon, call the corner. (09: 00 to 1 1: 00).
At noon, it is also called Rizhengdeng: (1 1: 00 to 13: 00).
Before the sun goes down, it is also called sunset. : The sun sets to the west. (from 13 to 15).
When applying for regular feeding, it is also called a day shop. : (from 15 to 17).
As time goes by, it is also called sunset and evening: it means when the sun goes down. (from 17 to 19).
Dusk, also known as the evening of the day, etc. At this time, the sun has set and the sky will be dark. The world is dark and everything is hazy, so it is called dusk. (from 19 to 2 1).
Extended data:
1. China traditional time unit. Divide one day and night into twelve TCM health preserving hours.
Section, each section is called one hour, which is now two hours. Twelve o'clock is named after the earthly branch, starting from midnight, and it is midnight at midnight, and noon at noon.
Song? Su Shi? "Six Lakes in Shaanxi Province": "Today, the front gate of Siqian has been built, although it will be closed for an hour or two every time the tide rises ... Those who want to enter and leave the gate have to enter and leave in advance and will not wait for the gate to close." Qing? Kong Taohua left: "The days are short and the nights are long, three hours away." ? Cao Yu? Act II of Wang Zhaojun: "Half an hour ago, he accompanied the son of heaven to dinner."
2. Generally refers to time or time. Jin Dong's explanation of the first volume of The West Chamber is: "There is not an hour I don't miss, and there is not a night I don't dream." Journey to the west: "all this work is just too much trouble, which has delayed the time." ? Wei Wei? Chapter 23 of the fourth part of the Oriental: "This is called: it's not that you don't report, it's not the time." ?
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-ancient times