Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Hikoboshi (ひこぼし, [彦星] Error: {{nihongo}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) , Male Star) is the Japanese name for the star Altair, also known as Natsuhikoboshi (夏彦星, Summer Male Star) or Kengyūsei (牽牛星, Cow Herder Star) in Japanese. It may also refer to: the cowherd celebrated in the Chinese star festival, Qi Xi
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). In a few cases, meanings of the names are vague due to their antiquity. [6] In this article, the translation by Hong Kong Space Museum is used.
Tanabata (Japanese: たなばた or 七夕, meaning "Evening of the Seventh"), also known as the Star Festival (星祭り, Hoshimatsuri), is a Japanese festival originating from the Chinese Qixi Festival. [1] [a] [b] It celebrates the meeting of the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi (represented by the stars Vega and Altair respectively).
Orihime (おりひめ, 織姫, "Weaver Girl") is the Japanese name for the star Vega, also known as Shokujosei (織女星, "Weaver Girl Star") in Japanese. Orihime may also refer to: the weaver girl from the Chinese folk tale The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd; the weaver girl celebrated in Tanabata, a Japanese festival
Japanese Edo period Star Chart 新制天球星象記: 田中政均: 1815-- Japanese Edo period Star Chart 天球図: 坂部廣胖: 1816-- Chinese Star map: John Reeves esq: 1819: Printed map showing Chinese names of stars and constellations [43] Japanese Edo period Star Chart 昊天図説詳解: 佐藤祐之: 1824-- Japanese Edo period Star ...
A Sanskrit boy’s name that means ‘star’ and ‘protector.' 22. Zeke. Although in Hebrew Zeke is a shortened version of Ezekial, the Old Testament prophet, in Arabic the name means ...
Japanese Tenryū 天龍 or 天竜, a loanword from Chinese Tianlong, is a comparable proper name. A famous example is Tenryū-ji 天龍寺 "Heavenly Dragon Temple" in Kyoto , which is headquarters of the Tenryū-ji Branch of the Rinzai sect. Tenryū place names include a waterway ( Tenryū River 天竜川 ), a city ( Tenryū, Shizuoka 天竜市 ...
A Sanskrit boy’s name that means ‘star’ and ‘protector.' 22. Zeke. Although in Hebrew Zeke is a shortened version of Ezekial, the Old Testament prophet, in Arabic the name means ...