Chinese culture is profound and profound, and the sayings have radiated dazzling light for thousands of years. is often called "old man's words" because of its roughness and not roughness. is mainly derived from the ancients' summary of life, so it has a wide variety of types. For example, in life, there are "will not make three friends when rich, and poor not seek three people when poor", in terms of building and location, there are "not afraid of the pond behind the house, but afraid of carrying a sedan chair", and in terms of choosing a spouse, there are "I would rather marry a good daughter than marry a wall wife", which is very common in our lives.
I don’t know if you have heard this sentence “One update, two updates hot, three updates ghost, four updates thief, updates chicken ”. The literal meaning of is also easy to understand, because it describes the situation of every time period in ancient night, We all know that in ancient night, we usually use "update" to determine the time. So this sentence is derived from "One update, two updates of fire, three updates of ghosts, four updates of thieves, five updates of chickens".
1 update
'1 update' in ancient times corresponded to the Xu hour, which is now from 7:00 to 9:00 in the evening. Since this time period happens to be when people return home or are eating, the meaning of "Yi Geng Ren" is: There are many people in the home and there is no rest yet. In ancient times, the first update was about two hours, and so on, the second update corresponds to the hour of Hai, the third update is Zi, the fourth update is Chou, and the fifth update is Yin.
2nd update fire
In ancient times, it was from 9:00 to 11:00 in the evening. Since every household will light the lights at this time, the meaning that "2nd update fire" wants to express is: During this time, every household is brightly lit. There is another saying in that is: be careful of the lights during this period. We all know that ancient buildings were usually made of wooden structures, so fire prevention is usually of special importance.
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4th update thief
‘Four update’ corresponds to the ugly time in ancient times. In today’s time, it is from 1:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. Since this time is the time for people to sleep well, there are more thieves in this time period. The ‘Four Update thief’ wants to emphasize: people should take good measures to prevent thieves during this time period. In ancient times, there were usually people who beat the gongzi or gong to report the time.
5 update chicken
'5 update' in ancient times corresponded to Yin hour. The Yin hour is now from three in the morning to five in the morning. The last sentence is very easy to understand. Because at this time, many chickens start to crow , and 'five-up chicken' want to say: There will be many chickens start to crow during this time. In fact, this sentence "One update, two updates of people, three updates of ghosts, four updates of thieves, five updates of chickens" mainly tells the situation of various time periods in ancient times.
summary: This sentence "One update, two updates, two updates, ghosts, four updates, and five updates" may be outdated nowadays because people have already had more accurate calculation methods. I personally think that the more useful part of this sentence is that it allows future generations to learn some useful historical knowledge. What do you think? (Pictures are from the Internet to delete if infringement)
4th update thief
‘Four update’ corresponds to the ugly time in ancient times. In today’s time, it is from 1:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. Since this time is the time for people to sleep well, there are more thieves in this time period. The ‘Four Update thief’ wants to emphasize: people should take good measures to prevent thieves during this time period. In ancient times, there were usually people who beat the gongzi or gong to report the time.
5 update chicken
'5 update' in ancient times corresponded to Yin hour. The Yin hour is now from three in the morning to five in the morning. The last sentence is very easy to understand. Because at this time, many chickens start to crow , and 'five-up chicken' want to say: There will be many chickens start to crow during this time. In fact, this sentence "One update, two updates of people, three updates of ghosts, four updates of thieves, five updates of chickens" mainly tells the situation of various time periods in ancient times.
summary: This sentence "One update, two updates, two updates, ghosts, four updates, and five updates" may be outdated nowadays because people have already had more accurate calculation methods. I personally think that the more useful part of this sentence is that it allows future generations to learn some useful historical knowledge. What do you think? (Pictures are from the Internet to delete if infringement)
