The ancient people’s elegant name for the twelve hours

The ancient people’s elegant names for all things are extremely beautiful

"Twelve Hours"

Another name for "Twelve Hours"

Zi Shi : Also known as midnight, third watch, midnight, and middle night (23:00-01:00)

It is when rats take advantage of the silence of the night and are active frequently, so they are called "rats".

Chou hour: also known as rooster crow, fourth watch, and wild chicken (01:00-03:00)

Cows are accustomed to eating grass at night, and farmers often get up late at night to feed the cattle, so it is called "Ugly cow".

Yinshi: also known as Pingdan, Wu Geng, Dawn, Morning, Ridan (03:00-05:00)

At the alternation of night and day, people who sleep in the day and walk at night The tiger is the most ferocious, and the ancients often heard the roar of the tiger at this time, so it was called "Yinhu".

Mao hour: also known as sunrise, sunrise, dawn, and rising sun (05:00-07:00)

Refers to the period when the sun just shows its face and rises. At dawn, rabbits come out of their nests and like to eat green grass with morning dew, so they are called "Mao Rabbit".

Chen Shi: also known as eating time, early eating (07:00-09:00), the ancients "chunshi" "It is also the time for breakfast, and it is generally easy to get foggy at this time. Legend has it that the dragon is happy to soar into the clouds and ride on the fog, and it is also the time when the rising sun is rising in the east, so it is called "Chenlong".

Sishi is also called Yuzhong and Riyu ( 09:00-11:00) It is called Yuzhong when it is close to noon. The fog dissipates and the sun shines brightly. Snakes come out of their holes to look for food, so it is called "Si Snake".

Noon: Also known as Rizhong, Rizheng, Noon (11:00-13:00). In ancient times, wild horses were not tamed by humans. At noon, they would run around and neigh, so they were called "Wuma".

Wei Shi: Also known as the Japanese couplet Wei Shi, Sun Side, Sun Ying (13:00-15:00) when the sun is to the west, it is Sunset, which is a good time to herd sheep, so it is called "Wei Sheep"

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Shen Shi: Also known as Feeding Time, Ripu, Xishi (15:00-17:00) monkeys like to cry at this time, so it is called "Shen Monkey".

Youshi: Also known as sunrise, sunset, sunset, and evening (17:00-19:00). It means when the sun sets, chickens begin to return to their roosts in the evening, so it is called "Western Chicken"

Xu Shi: also known as dusk, first watch, sun evening, sun curtain, sun evening (19:00-21:00), the sky and the earth are dim and everything is hazy, so it is called dusk. Dogs lie in front of the door to guard. Whenever there is any movement, they bark loudly. It barks, so it is called "Xu Dog".

Hai Shi: Also known as Ren Ding, Er Geng and Ding Hui (21 o'clock to 23 o'clock) Ren Ding means people are still. In the dead of night, people are still, and the sound of pigs can be heard troughing, so it is called "Hai Pig".