When does the clown appear?

Clown usually refers to 1 -3 o'clock (1-3 o'clock in the morning).

Clown is also called cock crow and pheasant, such as The Book of Songs Ruri cock crow: "Ruri cock crow, the scholar is ignorant." In ancient times, when a rooster crowed, the sky was unclear (when it was almost dawn). At this time, the cows are eating grass and ready to have a rest.

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In ancient China, a day was divided into twelve hours, and each hour was equivalent to two hours today. According to legend, people in ancient China named each time according to the time when animals appeared in the China Zodiac.

The Western Zhou Dynasty used the twelve o'clock system, and the Han Dynasty named it Midnight, Cockcrow, Pingdan, Sunrise, Food Time, Corner, Japan, China, Sundial, Dawn, Dusk, and People Decided. 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.

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