Earthly branch is an important concept in the ancient traditional calendar of China. It is a part of the Sino-Japanese calendar year in heavenly stems and earthly branches, and it is used to indicate the division of months, days and hours in a year. The earthly branch is a symbol sequence related to the zodiac, including twelve different earthly branches, namely Zi, Ugly, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai.
The origin of earthly branches can be traced back to ancient China, and they were first used in astronomy, agriculture and calendars. Each earthly branch represents a specific animal and a period of time, corresponding to the zodiac. Together, the earthly branches and the heavenly stems form the chronology of heavenly stems and earthly branches, which makes each year have a unique name, usually consisting of heavenly stems and earthy branches. For example, Jia Zi, picnic, Bing Yin and so on. These combinations are used to represent specific years.
Marking time of earthly branches
1, son, the Milky Way looks like a mouse.
2. Ugly, the Milky Way is shaped like a cow.
Yin, the Milky Way looks like a tiger.
The Milky Way is shaped like a rabbit.
Chen, the Milky Way is shaped like a dragon.
6. Third, the Milky Way is shaped like a snake.
7. At noon, the Milky Way is shaped like a horse.
No, the Milky Way is shaped like a sheep.
9. Shen, the Milky Way is shaped like a monkey.
10, unitary, the Milky Way is shaped like a chicken.
1 1, well, the Milky Way is shaped like a dog.
12, the sea and the milky way are shaped like pigs.