Rooftop (Chinese constellation)

Rooftop (Chinese constellation)

The Rooftop mansion (zh-cp|c=危宿|p=Wēi 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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