How long is an ancient moment? How many hours are there in an hour?

In ancient times, a moment was measured by a leaky kettle. A day and night is divided into 100 minutes, and an instant is 14.4 minutes. In the early Qing dynasty, it was set at 96 minutes, and the moment was 15 minutes.

Every hour is equivalent to two hours now, equivalent to eight quarters.

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It was used in the Western Zhou Dynasty. In the Han Dynasty, it was named Midnight, Crow, Pingdan, Sunrise, Food Time, Horn, Japan-China, Sundial, Sunset, Dusk and Man's 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.

Birthday system is to divide day and night into balanced 100 minutes. Its production is related to the use of missing prints. May have originated in Shang Dynasty. In the Han Dynasty, it was changed to 120, and in the Southern Dynasty, it was changed to 96, 108. After many twists and turns, it was not until the introduction of European astronomical knowledge in the late Ming Dynasty that the reform of 96 engraving books was put forward and made it a formal system in the early Qing Dynasty.

A traditional unit of time in China. Divide a day and a night into twelve sections, each called one hour, which is now two hours. Twelve o'clock is named after the earthly branch, starting from midnight, and it is midnight at midnight, and noon at noon.

Song? Su Shi? "Six Lakes in Shaanxi Province": "Today, the front gate of Siqian has been built, although it will be closed for an hour or two every time the tide rises ... Those who want to enter and leave the gate have to enter and leave in advance and will not wait for the gate to close." Qing? Kong Taohua left: "The days are short and the nights are long, three hours away." ? Cao Yu? Act II of Wang Zhaojun: "Half an hour ago, he accompanied the son of heaven to dinner."

Jin Dong's explanation of the first volume of The West Chamber is: "There is not an hour I don't miss, and there is not a night I don't dream." Journey to the west: "all this work is just too much trouble, which has delayed the time." ? Wei Wei? Chapter 23 of the fourth part of the Oriental: "This is called: it's not that you don't report it, it's not the time."

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