What does earthly branch mean?

The earthly branch refers to the twelve earthly branches in heavenly stems and earthly branches, a traditional word order symbol in China, which is recycled.

The twelve branches are Zi, Ugliness, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai. Heavenly stems and earthly branches * * * constitutes the traditional calendar year in ancient China. The earthly branch is the core content of ancient astronomy in China and the most important symbol of ancient astronomy in China. Astronomy comes from the concrete observation of astronomical phenomena. Needless to say, the earthly branch originated from the ancient 28 stars, another expression of the year.

The geocentric calendar divides a year into twelve days, and the "sword" represents the direction of the top of the bucket handle of the Big Dipper; In ancient astronomy, bucket handle and the Big Dipper were called "swords". During the year, bucket handle turns and refers to "Twelve Chens" in turn, which is called "December Sword" (or "December Order"). December is a sunny month based on twenty-four solar terms, which is different from the lunar month (Wang Shuo, divided into the first fifteen grades) and has twelve earthly branches, such as Jiazi, Jianchou and Yin Jian.

Time corresponding to the earth branch

1, Midnight: Midnight, also known as midnight, midnight, the first hour of twelve o'clock. (23: 00 to 0 1 hour).

2. Ugly time: Cockcrow, also known as pheasant, is the second hour of twelve o'clock. (0 1 to 03: 00).

3. Yin Shi: Pindan, also known as dawn, morning and sunset, is a time of alternation between day and night. (03 o'clock to 05 o'clock).

4. Shi Mao: Sunrise, also known as sunrise, dawn and rising sun, refers to the time when the sun just appeared and Ran Ran first rose. (05: 00 to 07: 00)

5. Chen Shi: When eating, it is also called breakfast. When the ancients ate, it was breakfast time (07:00 ~ 09:00).

Shi Si: Yuzhong, also known as Yu Ri, etc. , called Yuzhong near noon. (09: 00 to 1 1: 00).

7. Noon: Japan and China, also known as Sun Zheng, noon, etc. (1 1 point to 13 point).

8, out of date: sundial, also known as sunset, sun center, etc. To the west of the sun is a sundial. (from 13 to 15).

9. Applicable time: Dang, also known as Japanese shop, evening food, etc. , (from 15 to 17).

10, Youshi: Sunrise, also known as sunset, sunset and dusk, refers to the time when the sun sets. (from 17 to 19).

1 1, Qushi: dusk, also known as sunset, sunset, dusk, etc. At this time, the sun has set and the sky will be dark. The world is dark and everything is hazy, so it is called dusk. (from 19 to 2 1).

12, Shihai: People are fixed, also called fixed syncope, etc. At this time, it was already late at night, and people stopped their activities and had a rest. Calm means quiet. (2 1 to 23: 00).