The Hairy Head mansion (昴宿,
This mansion corresponds to the Pleiades in English.
Asterisms
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White Tiger (Chinese constellation) — Chinese pic=Wadang baihu.jpg|picc c=白虎|p=Bái Hǔ j=baak6 fu2|y=baak6 fu2 kanji=白虎 hiragana=びゃっこ revhep=Byakko kunrei=Byakko hangul=백호|rr=Baek ho qn=Bạch Hổ tha=The White Tiger(白虎) is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. It is… … Wikipedia
Neck (Chinese constellation) — KàngXiù map The Neck mansion (亢宿, pinyin: Kàng Xiù) is one of the Twenty eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the eastern mansions of the Azure Dragon. In Chinese Cosmology, the Kang Constellation is associated with the… … Wikipedia
Chariot (Chinese constellation) — Zhěn Xiù map The Chariot mansion (simplified Chinese: 轸宿; traditional Chinese: 軫宿; pinyin: Zhěn Xiù) is one of the Twenty eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the southern mansions of the Vermilion Bird … Wikipedia
Net (Chinese constellation) — Bì Xiù map The Net mansion (simplified Chinese: 毕宿; traditional Chinese: 畢宿; pinyin: Bì Xiù) is one of the Twenty eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the western mansions of the White Tiger … Wikipedia
Dipper (Chinese constellation) — South Dipper map Dǒu Xiù map The Dipper mansion (斗宿, pinyin: Dǒu Xiù) is one of the Twenty eight mansio … Wikipedia
Ox (Chinese constellation) — Niú Xiù map The Ox mansion (牛宿, pinyin: Niú Xiù) is one of the Twenty eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the northern mansions of the Black Tortoise. Asterisms English name Chinese name … Wikipedia
Well (Chinese constellation) — Jǐng Xiù map The Well mansion (井宿, pinyin: Jǐng Xiù ; Japanese: chichiri boshi) is one of the Twenty eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the southern mansions of the Vermilion Bird. Asterisms English name … Wikipedia
Chinese constellations — are the way the ancient Chinese grouped the stars. They are very different from the modern IAU recognized constellations. This is because the IAU was based on Greco Roman astronomy instead of Chinese astronomy. Ancient Chinese skywatchers divided … Wikipedia
Orion (Chinese astronomy) — In Chinese astronomy, constellation Orion were divided in two areas. The areas are: White Tiger of the West (西方白虎, Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ) Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què) The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 猎户座 … Wikipedia
Cetus (Chinese astronomy) — The modern constellation Cetus lies across two of the quadrants, symbolized by the Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ) and the White Tiger of the West (西方白虎, Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography … Wikipedia
