Three Stars (Chinese constellation)
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The Three Stars mansion (simplified Chinese: 参宿; traditional Chinese: 參宿; pinyin: Shēn Xiù) is one of the twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the western mansions of the White Tiger. This collection of seven bright stars is visible during winter in the Northern Hemisphere (summer in the Southern).
Asterisms
[edit]| English name | Chinese name | European constellation | Number of stars |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Stars | 參 Shen | Orion | 7[1] |
| Punishment | 伐 Fa | Orion | 3 |
| Jade Well | 玉井 Yu Jing | Orion/Eridanus | 4 |
| Screen | 屏 Ping | Lepus | 2 |
| Military well | 軍井 Jun Jing | Lepus | 4 |
| Toilet | 廁 Ce | Lepus | 4 |
| Excrement | 屎 Shi | Columba | 1 |
References
[edit]- ^ In ancient times, this asterism only contained three stars of Orion. But later, four more stars were added to it.
| Three Enclosures (三垣) |
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| Four Symbols (四象) and Twenty-Eight Mansions (二十八宿) |
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