Hi Everyone,
I thought of posting this question here since it had to do with wuxia fiction.
Does anyone know how one told time in say 16th or 17th century china? I mean, lets say that the warrior was on a journey and they happened to sleep in the forest. When they awoke, how did they know what time of day it was apart from the obvious it being day or night?
I hope my question is clear. I am at a point where my character has begun her quest and she has slept through the night in the forest. When she awoke she saw the sun just cresting the horizon. I wanted to know how she would be able to tell a specific hour of time.
I have seen wuxia movies where there was someone either in the village or in the emperor's court that went around it seemed, every hour and chanted. The chant sometimes said something like, "it is the hour of the snake and all is well" How did they know what to chant when? Thanks for all your help.
Michelle