Before the founding of the Republic of China, the twelve earthly branches were used to measure time. The earthly branch not only represents the year, month and day, but also the time, and divides a day into twelve hours: Zi, Ugly, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Noon, Unfinished, Shen, You, Xu and Hai.
After the founding of the Republic of China, the year, month, day and time were marked by the year of AD, while the lunar calendar in China was preserved. In AD, a day was divided into 24 hours, which was twice as short as the traditional 12 hour, so it was called an hour.
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In ancient China, people used the method of "dripping water from a copper pot" to measure time, and divided a day and night into twelve hours, namely, the morning, the evening, the afternoon, the end, the mood and the sea, corresponding to today's twenty-four hours. From eleven to midnight, it's ugly from one to three, Yin Shi from three to five, and so on.
Midnight: Midnight, also known as midnight and midnight, is the first hour of twelve o'clock, that is, from 23: 00 to 0 1: 00 Beijing time. The word "Midnight" is often used by ancient literati in poetry, such as a night-mooring near maple bridge by Zhang Ji.
Clown: The crow of chickens, also called pheasants, is the second hour of twelve o'clock, that is, from 0/kloc-0 to 03 o'clock in Beijing time. The word "cock crow" comes from the phrase "cock crow eats, but life listens" in Zuo Zhuan Zheng in the Spring and Autumn Period. In the sentence earlier than this example, even if there is a "cock crow", it doesn't mean time, but only the cock crow.
Yin Shi: Pingdan, also called Dawn, is at the turn of day and night, that is, from 03: 00 to 05: 00 Beijing time. The word "Ping Dan" is used in Historical Records Biography of Li Lie, such as: "Ping Dan, Li Guang belongs to his army." As for later poems, they are used more.
Shi Mao: Sunrise, also known as the beginning of a day, means that the sun has just appeared, that is, from 05: 00 to 07: 00 Beijing time. In ancient poems, there are many examples of people using the word "sunrise". For example, the book of Historical Records: "Give the sunrise."
Chen Shi: Dinner time, also called breakfast, is the time for eating, that is, from 07: 00 to 09: 00 Beijing time. The word "when eating" appeared as early as in the Book of Rites.
Shi Si: Yuzhong, also known as Yu Ri, is near noon, that is, from 09: 00 to 1 1: 00 Beijing time. The word "Jiao" first appeared in Huainanzi Astronomical Training.
Noon: Japan-China, also known as Rizheng, is 1 1 to 13 Beijing time. This time noun is frequently used in ancient books.
Not yet: The sundial, also called the sunset and the center of the sun, is the sunset to the west of 13 to 15 Beijing time. This time term was first seen in Historical Records on Evolution, and the meaning of "sundial" is that the sun will lean towards the west in the future. With the transit as the boundary, the sun at this time is opposite to the sun in the corner.
Shen Shi: The feeding time, also called Ripu and Breakfast, is from 15 to 17 Beijing time. The ancient Han people often used the word "Xi" instead of "Xi" and wrote it in their works.
You Shi: Sunrise, also known as sunset, is in the evening, that is, from 17 to 19 Beijing time. In ancient times, people regarded "sunrise" and "sunrise" as the signs of the arrival of day and night respectively. In ancient times, people used "sunrise" and "sunrise" as a basic simple timetable for productive labor and rest.
Time: dusk, also known as sunset, sunset and evening, that is, from Beijing time 19 to 2 1 hour. The word "dusk" was first used by the great poet Qu Yuan.
Shi Hai: People are sure, also known as fainting, that is, from 2 1 to 23: 00 Beijing time. "People decide" was first seen in the Legend of Laihe River at the end of Han Dynasty. In China's first narrative poem "Peacock flies southeast", there is a poem "A lonely man decides to start".
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