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The Girl mansion (女宿, pinyin: Nǚ Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the northern mansions of the Black Tortoise.
[edit] Asterisms
| English name |
Chinese name |
European constellation |
Number of stars |
Representing |
| Girl |
女 |
Aquarius |
4 |
The women matters, women weaving, the turtle or snake basaltic |
| Twelve States[1] |
十二國 |
Capricornus |
16 |
Twelve states of Ancient China |
| Pearls on Ladies' Wear |
離珠 |
Aquila/Aquarius |
5 |
Women's social position and decorative beads |
| Rotten Gourd |
敗瓜 |
Delphinus |
5 |
Bad melon |
| Good Gourd |
瓠瓜 |
Delphinus |
5 |
One kind of green melon white |
| Celestial Ford |
天津 |
Cygnus |
9 |
Galaxy's ferry, a bridge across the Milky Way |
| Xi Zhong |
奚仲 |
Cygnus |
4 |
Xi Zhong was the inventor of chariots who lived during the Xia Dynasty |
| Basket for Mulberry Leaves |
扶筐 |
Draco |
7 |
Mulberry leaf and equipment |
[edit] References
- ^ The Twelve States refer to these ancient states in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period: Chu (楚), Dai (代), Han (韓), Jin (晉), Qi (齊), Qin (秦), Wei (魏), Yan (燕), Yue (越), Zhao (趙), Zheng (鄭), Zhou (周).
