Ancient and modern time units are different. In ancient times, every hour was two hours. How many minutes is that hour?

An hour is 8 minutes, and an instant is 14.4 minutes, which is about 15 minutes.

In ancient times, when using dry branches. One day and night is 12 hour, expressed by 12 earthly branch. They are Zishi (23:00-65438+ 0: 00 a.m.), Ugly (1-3: 00 a.m.), Yin Shi (3-5: 00 a.m.), Shi Mao (5-7: 00 a.m.), Chen Shi (7-9: 00 a.m.) and Shi Si (3). Shen Shi (15- 17), You Shi (17- 19), Yi Shi (19-2 1), Shihai (219).

At the same time, the ancients divided a day and night into one hundred quarters. In ancient times, leaky pots were often used for timing, which were divided into two parts: sowing pots and receiving pots. The seeding kettle is divided into two or four layers, both of which have dripping holes, and finally flow into the receiving kettle. The kettle has an upright arrow engraved with 100 minutes. The arrow gradually rises with the storage of water, showing the number of minutes to show the time. And a 24-hour day and night is 100 minutes, an hour is 4 minutes, an hour is 8 minutes, and a moment is 14.4 minutes of the current time.