我们平时常称十五分钟为“一刻钟”。那么“刻”这个时间概念又是怎样产生的呢?原来,我国古代一般是用一种叫作“漏壶”(一称“漏刻”,全称为“铜壶滴漏”,亦称“铜壶漏刻”)的计时仪器来测定时间的。漏壶俗称“水钟”,我国有泄水型和受水型两种类型:一种是单壶,属泄水型;另一种是复壶,属受水型。 We often call fifteen minutes “a quarter of an hour.” Then, how did the concept of “engraving” come about? In the past, ancient China generally used a type called “leak pot” (a name for “leakage engraved”), and it was called “crockpot drip”, also known as “nickel pot leaking”. “) Timekeeping instrument to measure time. Leaky pot commonly known as ”water clock", China has two kinds of water-discharging type and receiving water type: one is a single pot, is a drainage type; the other is a multi-pot, a water type.