Wall (Chinese constellation)

Wall (Chinese constellation)

The Wall mansion (zh-cp|c=壁宿|p=Bì Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the northern mansions of the Black Tortoise.

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