In ancient China, besides sundials, what time could people watch?

In ancient China, in addition to sundials, people could also determine the time by missing engravings, the position of the sun and the moon, and hitting people.

In fact, many people are not familiar with the sundial, which is a method to judge the approximate time by using the shadow of the sun. This method can only be used in sunny days and during the day. Compared with the sundial, the more accurate way is actually missing the engraving.

The leaky carving is similar to the current hourglass, but it can be divided into leaky and hourglass, with scales on it to judge the time of the day. In ancient times, the time span was actually very large. At that time, it was not as accurate as seconds now, only 12 hours a day. Usually people don't describe time in minutes. Most of them are adjectives like wick, a cup of tea and a pack of cigarettes. In fact, only one wick is more accurate at this time.

However, in ancient times, it was not common for everyone. Ordinary people want to see the time, or to judge by their own observation and years of experience. In ancient times, most people could judge the time by the height of the sun and the moon. For example, words like late morning came into being in this way.

It's like doing farm work in the fields with my mother when I was a child. There was no such thing as a watch at home at that time. Every time I ask my mother, she always looks at the sun and tells me it's not time yet. Later, with a watch, I will test my mother's sensitivity to time consciously or unconsciously. Every time her old man estimates the time, it is within ten minutes of the watch.

So from her experience, the ancients can have a concept of time, which is judged by observing the sun and their own experiences. At night, when people can't get up to observe after sleeping, there will be someone who will work overtime once an hour to tell people what time it is.