In ancient times, there was a saying that "three quarters at noon". What is the reason?

When we watched the ancient TV series, we found that when the execution ground asked for beheading, it was always beheaded at three noon. Why? In fact, twelve o'clock is divided into two parts, the first and the second, which didn't begin until the Tang Dynasty. Three o'clock at noon, it's three o'clock at noon. According to Zi Chou's calculation, it was eleven o'clock to one o'clock at noon, and by three o'clock at noon, it was already close to twelve noon. At that time, the sun was above, with the shortest shadow and the highest temperature.

China has a theory of Yin and Yang since ancient times. The living is Yang, the dead is Yin, the world is the dead, and hell is the grave. This is a problem of yin. People are worried that people will become evil spirits to haunt the executioner after death, so they choose to execute at 3 pm when the sun is heaviest.

If the prisoner's crime is not particularly serious, or the prisoner is not cruel, he will usually be beheaded at noon, giving him a chance to be a ghost and a chance to be reborn. However, there is also a saying that people reach the edge of "lying on the pillow" at three o'clock in the afternoon. At this time, people's energy is particularly tired and weak.

In fact, in ancient times, it was not really stipulated that the execution must be carried out at 3 noon, but only from 1 pm to 5 pm every day. Moreover, the execution date also stipulates that it is not allowed to be executed in rainy days, and it is not allowed to be executed on the first month and the twenty-four solar terms. There is no way to explain why. Only three o'clock at noon, most of them appear in film and television dramas.

There is also a saying that 3: 00 noon is the most sleepy time of the day, and the prisoner may be a little weak at this time. The execution at this time will greatly reduce the pain of execution, which is much more humane than the last time.

Noon refers to 11: 00 to 1: 00 noon, with 12 o'clock as the punctuality; Three points at noon refers to the correct moment at noon, that is, one third of the correct time period. The ancients believed in the theory of yin and yang.

In fact, the real record is the question after the autumn, because Zuozhuan records that "there are rewards in winter and summer, and there are penalties in autumn and winter." Therefore, the execution time was chosen at 3: 30 noon, in fact, only because the sunshine was the most abundant.