The tinkle of twelve o'clock

Twelve-hour timetable is named after twelve local branches, namely Zishi, Ugly Time, Yin Shi, Shi Mao, Chen Shi, Shi Si, Noon, Weishi, Youshi, Xushi and Shihai. Different from the current 24-hour clock, our clever old ancestors divided a day and night into twelve segments according to their own observation and summary of natural laws, each segment is one hour, and one hour is equivalent to two hours now. Twelve-hour timing method has been used since the Western Zhou Dynasty, which can be called a long history.

The tinkle of twelve o'clock

Those who crow in the middle of the night are ugly, those who crow in the air are ugly, those who rise in the dark, those who eat in the morning are in the corner, those who eat at noon are in the afternoon, those who lose during the day are not in the morning, those who eat in the morning are in the evening, and those who settle in the sea. The twelve Chinese zodiac animals are jingling mouse, ugly cow, silver tiger, hairy rabbit, dragon, snake, afternoon horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog and sea pig.

Twelve o'clock, used in the Western Zhou Dynasty. In the Han Dynasty, it was named Midnight, Crow, Pingdan, Sunrise, Food Time, Horn, Japan-China, Sun _, Evening, and Human 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.