The Wings mansion (翼宿, pinyin: Yì Xiù) 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 |
Chinese name |
European constellation |
Number of stars
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| Wings |
翼 |
Crater/Hydra |
22
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| Dongou[1] |
東甌 |
Antlia/Vela |
5
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References
- ↑ Dongou is the name of a place in Wenzhou, in southern Zhejiang.
Chinese constellations |
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| Three Enclosures (三垣) |
- Purple Forbidden enclosure (紫微垣)
- Supreme Palace enclosure (太微垣)
- Heavenly Market enclosure (天市垣)
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Four Symbols (四象) and Twenty-Eight Mansions (二十八宿) |
- East – Azure Dragon (青龍)
- Horn (角)
- Neck (亢)
- Root (氐)
- Room (房)
- Heart (心)
- Tail (尾)
- Winnowing Basket (箕)
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- South – Vermilion Bird (朱雀)
- Well (井)
- Ghost (鬼)
- Willow (柳)
- Star (星)
- Extended Net (張)
- Wings (翼)
- Chariot (軫)
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- West – White Tiger (白虎)
- Legs (奎)
- Bond (婁)
- Stomach (胃)
- Hairy Head (昴)
- Net (畢)
- Turtle Beak (觜)
- Three Stars (參)
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- North – Black Tortoise (玄武)
- Dipper (斗)
- Ox (牛)
- Girl (女)
- Emptiness (虛)
- Rooftop (危)
- Encampment (室)
- Wall (壁)
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- Center – Yellow Dragon (黃龍)
- Earth
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