In ancient times, time was usually three hours. What's your name every hour?

The ancient time was generally two hours, of which one hour was divided into eight quarters, one hour was divided into four quarters, and the time was 15 minutes. Every hour is carved according to different hours to illustrate the specific time. 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.

Hours are: 11 noon to 1 pm; Ugly (cow) is in the afternoon 1 to 3 o'clock; Yin (tiger) is from 3 pm to 5 pm; The rabbit is from five to seven in the morning; Chen (Long) is from 7 am to 9 am; It is 9 am to noon 1 1 point (horse), and it is 1 1 point 1 point; Noon 1: 00 to 3: 00 when the sheep are away; Shen (monkey) is from 3 pm to 5 pm; You (chicken) are from five to seven in the afternoon; Your dog is from 7 pm to 9 pm; In Shanghai, it is 9: 00 p.m. 1 1 p.m. (pig)

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Twelve o'clock system was adopted 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. After the Song Dynasty, twelve o'clock was divided into two parts, namely, the beginning of the son, the beginning of the son, the beginning of ugliness, and the beginning of ugliness ... In turn, it happened to be 24 hours, which is consistent with the current 24 hours a day. The ancient ones are calculated by time. 19:00-2 1:00 is the first table, 2 1:00-23:00 is the second table, 23:00-0 1:00 is the third table, and 0/kloc-0.

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