The ancients divided the night into five watches, with five points between two watches. At night, take a moment as a watch; The third hour of the sea is regarded as the second watch; Children in the middle of the night; Ugly is two watches carved into four pieces;
The four quarters in Andrew are more than five. As the saying goes, "One watchman, two watchman gongs, three watchman ghosts, four watchman thieves and five watchman chickens."
Compared with today's time, the approximate time-
In the evening, five nights, and more than five hours, it's almost time.
Evening (the first moment)19-21
People decide to watch the second night (the third day of Haisan) 2 1-23
Midnight, midnight, midnight (midnight) 23- 1
Crows crow at four o'clock at night (the ugly is the second moment) 1-3
Ping Dan Wu Wu Yegeng (Yin Zhengsike) 3-5
The ancients also paid attention to every hour's behavior. For example, "don't like to eat more, don't be greedy for three points, and don't move five points."
Don't like one more food-
"One shift" means from 19 to 2 1 in the afternoon. It's time for dinner now, but ancient people had no nightlife and ate early. Generally, I have eaten before 19, and I am ready to sleep after 19. So, you can't fall in love overnight. Modern nutrition also pays attention to eating. Although many people will eat after 19, they should eat less. As the saying goes, eat well early, eat well at noon and eat less at night. This is a fact. In short, dinner should be early and light, which is good for your health.
Not greedy for the third night-
"Three nights" refers to the period between 1 1 in the evening and 1 in the morning. Under normal circumstances, this period is the active period of human liver, gallbladder and meridians. Only by entering deep sleep can the liver and gallbladder complete metabolism, absorb nutrients and expel toxins from the body. "When people lie down, blood returns to the liver." If you don't fall asleep at this time, it will affect the repair and metabolism of the liver and gallbladder. If you engage in some sexual activities again, it will make the liver yang more excited, the liver fire will be vigorous, and the physical burden will be aggravated, which is manifested as difficulty in falling asleep again and dizziness. Over time, it will lead to liver and gallbladder injuries, energy loss, and your body will become weaker and weaker, which is very harmful.
Don't move more than five gases-
"Five shifts" refers to the time from 3 am to 5 am. After a night's rest, various organs of the human body will gradually recover, and there will often be insufficient blood supply. As the saying goes, a day's plan lies in the morning. If you get angry as soon as you get up, in severe cases, your heart rate will increase, which will lead to syncope. In light cases, you will be depressed all day and affect your work. In the long run, it will be very bad for people's health.
These words of the ancients are very wise. Similarly, there are such things as "It's five o'clock in the morning and tea in the evening, the prince should touch his nose early", "Don't drink Shi Mao wine, don't scold his wife" and so on. It can be seen that the ancients still attached great importance to the relationship between physical health and time behavior. Now, although life has changed a lot, these old sayings are still not out of date.