Why would Gu Tangni ask at noon?

Because ancient people were superstitious.

In ancient China, people always thought that killing people was a "dirty thing". Whether the murdered person deserves it or not, his ghost will always haunt the judge who made the judgment, the official who supervised the execution, the executioner who executed the execution and so on. Therefore, the execution of the death penalty at the peak of Yang Can will inhibit the appearance of ghosts.

"Noon" is about today 1 1 till 13. At 3 noon, it's almost noon 12. The sun is hanging in the middle of the sky, which is the shortest shadow on the ground. At that time, people thought it was the peak of yang in a day. This is the main reason for the customary "three-quarter noon" execution.

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The ancient law did not stipulate the execution at "three noon".

For example, in the Tang and Song Dynasties, the law stipulated that every year from beginning of spring to the autumnal equinox, as well as the first month, May, September, big sacrifice day, Lent day, 24 solar terms days, the first and second day of each month, there was no birthday killing (that is, every tenth, first day, eighth day, fourteenth, fifteenth, eighteenth, twenty-third, twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth, thirtieth).

Moreover, it also stipulates that the death penalty shall not be executed in the case of "the rainy night is not clear". Some people think that according to this regulation, the death penalty can be executed for less than 80 days in a year in the Tang Dynasty. At the time of execution, the Tang Law clearly stipulates that execution can only be carried out during the period from untimely to the application for execution (about this afternoon 1 to 5: 00). Not "3: 15 noon".

The laws of Ming and Qing Dynasties only stipulated the date of execution similar to that of Tang Dynasty, but did not specify the time of execution.

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