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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 name Chinese name European constellation Number of stars Representing
Wall 壁 Pegasus/Andromeda 2 Walls, the library
Thunderbolt 霹靂 Pisces 5 A thunderclap
Cloud and Rain 雲雨 Pisces 4 cloud and rain
Celestial Stable 天廄 Andromeda 3 Stable, or the people who manage stable
Sickle 鈇鑕 Cetus 5 The sickle for harvesting
Official for Earthworks and Buildings 土公 Pisces[2] 2 Officials 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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