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What are there in heavenly stems and earthly branches?

Heavenly stems-a symbol used to express order, often used with earthly branches, including A, B, C, D, E, Ji, G, Xin, Man and Ghost.

The earthly branches-the general names of Zi, Ugly, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai-are traditionally used as symbols of order. Also called "Twelve Branches".