Tail (Chinese constellation)
The Tail mansion (尾宿, pinyin: Wěi Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the eastern mansions of the Azure Dragon.
Asterisms
English name | Chinese name | European constellation | Number of stars | Representing |
Tail | 尾 | Scorpius | 9 | Azure Dragon's tail, refer to the temple |
Changing Room | simplified Chinese: 神宫; traditional Chinese: 神宮 | Scorpius | 1 | Changing rooms in the temple |
Tortoise | simplified Chinese: 龟; traditional Chinese: 龜 | Ara | 5 | Galaxy in the turtle, refer to the good and bad |
Celestial River | 天江 | Ophiuchus | 4 | The silver-river-shaped galaxy |
Fuyue | simplified Chinese: 傅说; traditional Chinese: 傅說 | Scorpius | 1 | Fu Yue was a former slave that became a high-ranking minister to Shang Dynasty ruler, Wu Ding |
Fish | simplified Chinese: 鱼; traditional Chinese: 魚 | Scorpius | 1 | Fish in the galaxy |
References
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