When does the clown appear?

The ugly time is 1 am to 3 o'clock. Clown is also called cock crow and pheasant. The clown is the second hour in twelve hours. At this time, the cows in the zodiac have just finished eating grass and are preparing to rest, so people call them clown cows from 1 am to 3 am.

Twelve o'clock is a time mechanism summarized by the ancient people in China according to the laws of the sun rising and setting in a day, combined with their own work and living habits. It is the same as our current 24-hour system, but the hour represents a wider range of time, and what we call the hour time is more accurate.

Twelve o'clock is a unique cultural treasure with a long history, an outstanding contribution of our ancestors to the astronomical calendar of mankind, and one of the most splendid cultures in China. Twelve o'clock are Zishi, Ugly, Yin Shi, Shi Mao, Chen Shi, Shi Si, Noon, Weishi, Shenshi, Youshi, Xushi and Shihai. It began in childhood and ended in Shihai.

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.

Twelve-hour system was adopted in the Western Zhou Dynasty. In the Han dynasty, it was named midnight, crow, pingdan, sunrise, food time, corner, day, sundial, sunset, dusk and people's decision. It is also represented by the twelve earthly branches, with the midnight from 23: 00 to 1: 00 as the sub-hour, 1: 00 to 3: 00 as the sub-hour, and 3: 00 to 5: 00 as the Yin Shi time, which are circulated in turn.