The earth branch timing method uses twelve earth branches to represent the change of twelve o'clock in a day and night. See the attached table for the corresponding relationship between ancient sky timing, earth branch timing and current ordinal timing.
At midnight, the rooster crows, the sun rises, the meal is eaten, and the noon dusk is decided.
The ugly branch of the earth did not apply for the sea at noon.
Modern 23- 1 point 1-3 point 3-5 point 5-7 point 7-9 point 9- 1 1 point13 point 15.
Heaven method and earth branch method are two common methods of timing in ancient poetry.
such as
Peacock flies southeast: "The rooster enters the plane at dawn and can't stop at night." "Lonely people will settle down after dusk."
"Li Su enters Cai Zhou on a snowy night": "The more snowy it is in the middle of the night, the more urgent it is, and the more it reaches the gate, the crow stops and the door is broken."
"Farewell to Furong Inn and Xin Qiji": "It's cold and rainy at night, and Chushan sees the guests off." Pingming is another name for Pingdan.
Lost Street Pavilion: "Wei Bing has been sleepy since morning."
Jingyanggang: "You can teach guests to help in the afternoon, at noon, not three hours."
"Sister-in-law": "When you return home, you will die."
Heroes Will Be Recruited by Jiang Gan: "From the time you die to the time you are not dead."