11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Noon is the middle of the day, also known as rizheng, noon, etc. (11:00 am to 1:00 PM). At noon, it is also called Pingwu, pingdaytime and Tingwu. Such as song SUSHUN Qin "Zige Temple couplet poem": "the sun at noon, fog half a day steaming." At this time, the sun is the most violent. It is said that when the Yang Qi reaches the limit, Yin Qi will be produced, and horses are Yin animals. According to the natural law of the sun, the change of sky color, and their daily production activities and living habits, the ancient people summed up and created the twelve hour. It is not only a great contribution of the Chinese nation to human astronomy and calendar, but also one of China's splendid cultural treasures.
interpretation
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: noon
Basic explanation
It refers to the time from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the old style
explicate
1. According to the ancient timekeeping method, a day and a night are divided into 12 hours, and the noon is from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. It also refers to around noon.
Tang Bai Juyi's "daytime sleep" poem: "if you don't sleep at noon, you can spend the day in Chang'an?" The third time in the biography of children's Heroes: "this one can take a medicine arrow from me. As long as it's noon, his life will be explained."
2. In the middle of the night.
The poem "Mid Autumn Moon" written by Yucheng, the king of Song Dynasty: "where can I see Qinghui, when I climb the tower at noon."
brief introduction
In ancient China, a day was divided into twelve hours, each equal to two hours today. It is said that the ancients named each hour according to the time of animals in the Chinese zodiac.
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 Earthly Branches, with midnight 23:00 to 1:00 as the Zishi, 1:00 to 3:00 as the Chou Shi, and 3:00 to 5:00 as the Yinshi.
Chinese PinYin : Wu Shi
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.