5 a.m. to 7 a.m.

5 a.m. to 7 a.m.

Maoshi, sunrise, also known as the beginning of the day, dawn, sunrise, etc.: refers to the period of time when the sun just appeared and slowly rose (5:00 to 7:00). It was the time when the government office began to work in ancient times, so it was also called Dianmao. It was also called sunrise because it was just in the evening and was rising eastward.

Basic introduction

Pinyin: [M ă OSH í]

It is 6:00 a.m.

Twelve o'clock

In ancient China, a day was divided into twelve hours, each equal to two hours now.

Twelve hour system. It was used in the Western Zhou Dynasty. In Han Dynasty, it was named as midnight, Jiming, Pingdan, sunrise, Shishi, Yuzhong, rizhong, Riyi, Bushi, riru, dusk and rending. It is also represented by twelve Branches, with 23:00 to 1:00 as the sub time, 1:00 to 3:00 as the Chou time, and 3:00 to 5:00 as the Yin time.

Chinese PinYin : Mao Shi