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What time is dawning hour?

Mao Shi is the early morning from five to seven o'clock, the sun has not yet fully revealed, the moon has not yet receded completely. In ancient times, every two hours for an hour, a day on the twelve hours, from the son of the hour, that is, the current midnight eleven o'clock, once after the ugly time, c, d, c, si, noon, not yet, you, huxu, ohio time.

Mao Shi is what time to what time

The traditional Chinese time unit is twelve segments, that is, the day and night is divided into time periods such as time, each time period is now two hours, twelve hours, respectively, with the name of the Earth's branches, from eleven o'clock in the middle of the night to one point, is part of the first time of day - the first time of day.

The twelve hours are named after the earth's branches.

The pronunciation of the twelve hours

Zi (zǐ), 丑 (chǒu), Yin (yn), Mao (mǎo), 辰 (chn), 巳 (s), 午 (wǔ), 未 (wi), Shen (shēn), You (yǒu), Xu (xū), Hai (hi).

Another name for dawning

The twelve-hour system has been used in the Western Zhou Dynasty, dawning is also known as the beginning of the day, dawn, the rising sun and so on, in the ancient times of the official office at this point in time to start the office, because the time is at the time of the morning all-nighter Ran eastward, so it is known as the sunrise.