Roof (Chinese constellation)

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A starmap of the Roof

The Roof mansion (Chinese: 危宿; pinyin: Wēi 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 | European constellation | Number of stars | Representing

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Roof | 危 | Aquarius/Pegasus | 3 | Top stores
Tomb | 墳墓 | Aquarius | 4 | Tomb hills
Humans | 人 | Pegasus | 4 | People
Pestle | 杵 | Pegasus/Lacerta | 3 | Pestle military provisions
Mortar | 臼 | Pegasus/Cygnus | 4 | Army food mill
Big Yard for Chariots | 車府 | Cygnus/Lacerta | 7 | The garage
Celestial Hook | 天鈎 | Cepheus/Draco | 9 | Similar hook shape
Zaofu | 造父 | Cepheus | 5 | Zaofu was a famous chariot driver
Roofing | 蓋屋 | Aquarius | 2 | Palace officials on behalf of management of the roof
Temple | 虛梁 | Aquarius | 4 | Empty garden tomb
Celestial Money | 天錢 | Piscis Austrinus | 5 | Money in the heaven

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Chinese constellations

Three Enclosures (三垣)|

* Purple Forbidden enclosure (紫微垣)
* Supreme Palace enclosure (太微垣)
* Heavenly Market enclosure (天市垣)

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)

South – Vermilion Bird (朱雀)
Well (井)
Ghost (鬼)
Willow (柳)
Star (星)
Extended Net (張)
Wings (翼)
Chariot (軫)

West – White Tiger (白虎)
Legs (奎)
Bond (婁)
Stomach (胃)
Hairy Head (昴)
Net (畢)
Turtle Beak (觜)
Three Stars (參)

North – Black Tortoise (玄武)
Dipper (斗)
Ox (牛)
Girl (女)
Emptiness (虛)
Rooftop (危)
Encampment (室)
Wall (壁)

Center – Yellow Dragon (黃龍)
Earth

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