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  2. Chinese constellations - Wikipedia

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    Bahasa Indonesia; Italiano; Bahasa Melayu; ... The following is a list of the 88 IAU constellations with the Chinese translation of their names. Each linked article ...

  3. Dipper (Chinese constellation) - Wikipedia

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    The Dipper mansion (斗宿, pinyin: Dǒu Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the northern mansions of the Black Tortoise. In Taoism, it is known as the "Six Stars of the Southern Dipper" (南斗六星, Nándǒu liù xīng), in contrast to the Big Dipper north to this mansion.

  4. List of Chinese star names - Wikipedia

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    In 1981, based on Yixiang Kaocheng and Yixiang Kaocheng Xubian, the first complete map of Chinese stars and constellations was published by Yi Shitong (伊世同). [5] The list is based on Atlas Comparing Chinese and Western Star Maps and Catalogues by Yi Shitong (1981) and Star Charts in Ancient China by Chen Meidong (1996).

  5. Wall (Chinese constellation) - Wikipedia

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    Chinese name European constellation Number of stars Representing Wall: 壁: Pegasus/Andromeda: 2: Walls, the library Thunderbolt: 霹靂: Pisces: 5: A thunderclap Cloud and Rain: 雲雨: Pisces: 4: cloud and rain Celestial Stable: 天廄: Andromeda: 3: Stable, or the people who manage stable Sickle: 鈇鑕: Cetus: 5: The sickle for harvesting ...

  6. Twenty-Eight Mansions - Wikipedia

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    The Twenty-Eight Mansions (Chinese: 二十八宿; pinyin: Èrshíbā Xiù), also called xiu [1] or hsiu, are part of the Chinese constellations system. They can be considered as the equivalent to the zodiacal constellations in Western astronomy , though the Twenty-eight Mansions reflect the movement of the Moon through a sidereal month rather ...

  7. Category:Chinese constellations - Wikipedia

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    Bahasa Indonesia; Македонски ... (Chinese constellation) Winnowing Basket (constellation) Z. Ziwei enclosure This page was last edited on 22 September 2020 ...

  8. Horn (Chinese constellation) - Wikipedia

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    Chinese name European constellation Number of stars Representing Horn: 角: Virgo: 2: Azure Dragon's angle Flat Road: 平道: Virgo: 2: Officer's road Celestial Farmland: 天田: Virgo: 2: The son of heaven Recommending Virtuous Men: 進賢: Virgo: 1 (+9) The recommended virtuous men Tripod of the Zhou: 周鼎: Coma Berenices: 3: The God Tripod ...

  9. Net (Chinese constellation) - Wikipedia

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    The Net mansion (simplified Chinese: 毕宿; traditional Chinese: 畢宿; pinyin: Bìxiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. [1] It is one of the western mansions of the White Tiger.