Wings (Chinese constellation)

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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.

[edit] Asterisms

English name Chinese name Modern constellation Number of stars
Wings 翼 Crater/Hydra 22
Dongou[1] 東甌 Antlia/Vela 5

[edit] References

  1. ^ Dongou is the name of a place in Wenzhou, in southern Zhejiang.
Three enclosures (三垣)
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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