Stomach (Chinese constellation)
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The Stomach mansion (胃宿, pinyin: Wèi Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the western mansions of the White Tiger.
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| English name |
Chinese name |
European constellation |
Number of stars |
Representing |
| Stomach |
胃 |
Aries |
3 |
Stomach, fingers and granary |
| Celestial Foodstuff |
天廩 |
Taurus |
4 |
The barn |
| Circular Celestial Granary |
天囷 |
Cetus |
13 |
The round barn |
| Mausoleum |
大陵 |
Perseus |
8 |
The mausoleum |
| Celestial Boat |
天船 |
Perseus |
9 |
General big warships, or the ship has sailed galaxy |
| Heap of Corpses |
積屍 |
Perseus/Camelopardalis |
1 |
The body within the tomb |
| Stored Water |
積水 |
Perseus |
1 |
The stored-water ship |
