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What are the ancient time units?

Ancient time unit:

1, year, one year is set to four seasons, three months is a season, it is spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the whole year is twelve months.

2, hours, every year1February, 30 days per month, 360 days; China New Year lasts five days, totaling 365 days. Twelve local branches set up hours every day, and each hour is equivalent to two hours now.

3. A quarter of an hour has 12 hours every day, and the unit of measurement below the hour is "quarter". An hour is divided into eight quarters, and each quarter is equal to 15 minutes of the current time.

4, a stick of incense, the time is equivalent to five minutes now,

5, a cup of tea, time is about 10 minutes.

6, flick, each flick has ten moments.

7. A moment, a moment is now a second.

References:

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