Chapter 0 About Time Setting
About the setting of time in "Hundred Refiners Ascension Record"
The specific division is roughly as follows.
A year divided into twelve months
January 30th
One day is divided into twelve hours
Divided into:
Zi hour (midnight, 23 o'clock to 1 o'clock), Chou hour (rooster crow, 1 o'clock to 3 o'clock), Yin hour (flat, 3 o'clock to 5 o'clock),
Mao hour (sunrise, 5 to 7 o'clock), Chen hour (eclipse time, 7 to 9 o'clock), Si hour (Yuzhong, 9 to 11 o'clock),
Noon hour (Sunday, 11:00~13:00), Noon hour (Sunday, 13:00~15:00), Shenshi (Sunday, 15:00~17:00), Youshi (Sunday, 17:00~19:00), Xushi (
Dusk, 19:00~21:00), Haishi (determined by people, 21:00~23:00)
An hour is divided into four quarters
One hour is equivalent to two hours now
Half an hour, equivalent to one hour now
A meal is equivalent to twenty minutes now
A cup of tea is equivalent to fifteen minutes of current time
The time of one stick of incense is equivalent to ten minutes of current time
The time between speaking is equivalent to twenty seconds of the current time
In a moment, it is equivalent to fifteen seconds now
A moment is equivalent to ten seconds now
With a snap of your fingers, it’s equivalent to five seconds of the current time
A blink of an eye, equivalent to two seconds now
An instant is equivalent to one second in current time
The time it takes to turn around is equivalent to one second of the current time
The blink of an eye is equivalent to 1/2 second now
Chapter completed!