Don’t say it
In ancient times, there was no absolute concept of morning or afternoon. Time was explained by hours. "Chao" refers to the morning, "Noon" refers to 11:00 to 13:00 Beijing time, and "Xi" refers to after 18:00 pm. In ancient times, the morning was called sunrise, the noon was called sunrise, and the afternoon was called sunrise. The ancient working people initially described time mainly with reference to obvious celestial phenomena, animal biological clocks and daily routines, such as rooster crow, Pingdan, Chao eclipse, day and day, human time, etc. Later, they gradually switched to describing time by readings from time service equipment, and later gradually gave these time service equipment The readings are accompanied by five elements.
For example, match the two characters A and B with wood (4:48-9:36), match the two characters Bing and D with fire (9:36-14:24), and match the two characters Wu and Ji. Give soil (14:24-19:12), match the two characters Geng and Xin with gold (19:12-24:00), and match the two characters Rengui with water (0:00-4:48). These attachments have no practical significance.
Twelve Hours
Twelve Hours consists of twelve specific time nouns. Twelve hours: Zi (zǐ), Chou (chǒu), Yin (yín), Mao (mǎo), Chen (chén), Si (sì), Wu (wǔ), Wei (wèi), Shen (shēn), You (yǒu), Xu (xū), Hai (hài). People can trace the origin of these words from ancient books of the pre-Qin period. Before the Han Dynasty, these titles were many different. It was not until the Taichu period of the Han Dynasty that our country implemented the Taichu calendar, "which divides a day into twelve o'clock, and uses the stems and branches as the records." (Volume 34 of Zhao Yi's "Yu Cong Kao") Basic styling and naming. The twelve o'clock clock is unique and has a long history. It is an outstanding contribution of the Chinese nation to the human astronomical calendar and is also one of China's splendid cultural treasures.
Zi Shi - 11 o'clock in the evening to 1 o'clock in the morning;
Chou Shi - 1 o'clock to 3 o'clock;
Yin Shi - 3 o'clock to 5 o'clock;
Mao Chen - 5 o'clock to 7 o'clock;
Chen Shi - 7 o'clock to 9 o'clock;
Sishi - 9 o'clock to 11 o'clock;
Noon - 11 o'clock to 1 o'clock in the afternoon;
Weishi - 13 o'clock to 15 o'clock; < /p>
Shen Shi——3 o'clock to 5 p.m.;
You Shi——5 p.m. to 7 p.m.;
Xu Shi——7 p.m. The clock ends at 9 o'clock in the evening;
Hai Shi - from 9 o'clock to 11 o'clock in the evening.