What are the twelve hours corresponding to the twelve earthly branches?

Zi, Ugly, Yin, Mao, Chen, Wu, Shen, You.

The order of the twelve earthly branches contains the development and change process of things.

"Zi" (zǐ) is "evil", which means that everything is thriving; "chǒu" means "new button", which means tied with a rope;

"Yin" means "line", which means that everything begins to grow; "Mao" (Mo) means "Mao", which means everything is fine;

"chén" means "earthquake", which means that everything vibrates and grows; "Si" means "Ji", which means everything is ready;

"w incarnation" means "hey", which means that when everything has passed the peak, it is also the time when Yin and Yang meet;

"wèi" means "taste", that is, everything has a taste; "shēn" means "body", indicating the formation of all things;

"yǒu" means "treasure", which means that everything is mature; "xū" means "extinction", which means all destruction and return to the soil;

"Sea" means "nuclear", which means that everything becomes a seed.

Extended data:

Day and night are divided into twelve hours:

1, son: Like an infant. The original meaning of zi is: young, egg. Ancient refers to children. From 23: 00 to 1: 00, it is midnight in the dead of night, which is the threshold of today and tomorrow. It can also be said that the "baby" of "tomorrow" is about to be born, or is already in its infancy. When you are a child, it is the moment when you are pregnant with something to hatch.

2. Ugliness: The word "twist" is like a finger grasping an object and twisting. Twist and make a rotation. After childhood, it's ugly from one to three. The night is deep, but the "second day" has begun. Invisible, it seems that there is a big hand turning the celestial body-the night is about to be turned away and the day is about to be distorted.

3. Yin: If you hold an arrow in both hands, it is the ancient word "cited". Introduction can be interpreted as pulling, leading, making and leaving. From 3: 00 to 5: 00 before dawn, it is the moment when the night is about to leave and the first light is drawn.

4. Mao: It is said that it is dangerous, like the shape of a door, like a body, and like a broken thing. It is Liu's original words. It's Shi Mao from five to seven in the morning. It's dawn, the sun is out, and it's time to open the door for others. Shi Mao, blacks and whites are no longer confused, but separated.

Chen: It looks like a shell, thinking it means a cloud. Summer morning, 7: 00 to 9: 00, foggy.

6. Hey: a protruding head and a curled body like a fetus; Also known as pictograms of snakes. From 9 am to 1 1, the fog disappeared. It was a warm moment and the snake climbed out of the cave.

7, noon: shaped like a wooden pestle, the word "pestle"; It is also said that reaching it is a contradiction. Stand a wooden pestle in the sun, and the wooden pestle has no shadow, because the sun shines from above. In ancient China, people made words according to form, and also took meaning according to form, and arranged things according to form and meaning. So the time between Japan and China, that is, from eleven to thirteen, is noon.

8. Wei: Just like the branches and leaves of a tree overlap, things only taste when they grow up. The original word of "taste" At the end of 13:00 ~ 15:00 in the afternoon, it indicates that trees will flourish and fruits will mature only after strong sunlight. Ripe fruit will be very tasty.

9. Shen: Like lightning, it is also called "God". From 15 to 17, it was stormy and thunderous. People in ancient China didn't know what thunder and lightning were, and thought that it was made by God in the sky.

10, unitary: like a jar full of wine, the original word "wine". 17:00- 19:00, at night, when the day's work is over, it's time to eat, so let's call it "drinking time" for short.

1 1, Xu: refers to the person who guards with weapons. 19:00-2 1:00, after a full meal, it is time for the whole family to fall asleep. However, we should not be careless, and we should also prevent foreign enemies or wild animals from invading us, so we should carry weapons to guard us.

12, sea: like a pig, it is a variant of the word "tapir". From 2 1 o'clock to 23: 00, the owner was awakened by the sound of the pig arch groove. If you want to make a pig fat, you have to get up in the middle of the night and add vegetables to it. In addition, grass roots are related to the tubers of plants, which are the feed for pigs.

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