Bì Xiù map

The Wall mansion (Chinese: 壁宿; pinyin: Bì Xiù)[1] is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the northern mansions of the Black Tortoise.

Asterisms

English nameChinese nameEuropean constellationNumber of starsRepresenting
WallPegasus/Andromeda2Walls, the library
Thunderbolt霹靂Pisces5A thunderclap
Cloud and Rain雲雨Pisces4cloud and rain
Celestial Stable天廄Andromeda3Stable, or the people who manage stable
Sickle鈇鑕Cetus5The sickle for harvesting
Official for Earthworks and Buildings土公Pisces[2]2Officials responsible for infrastructure and construction

References

  1. Zhang, Shuran (2022). "The Black Tiger Cult in Anze: A Local History of Tigers, Humans, and Gods in Late Imperial and Modern China". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Pickup, Alan (2016-04-10). "Beneath the Plough in spring". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
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