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The Twenty-Eight Mansions (Chinese: 二十八宿; pinyin: Èrshíbā Xiù), also called xiu [1] or hsiu, are part of the Chinese constellations system. They can be considered as the equivalent to the zodiacal constellations in Western astronomy , though the Twenty-eight Mansions reflect the movement of the Moon through a sidereal month rather ...
A modern star chart showing the traditional Chinese asterisms, with the 28 mansions indicated on the border of each hemisphere. [citation needed] The Twenty-Eight Mansions are grouped into Four Symbols, each associated with a compass direction and containing seven mansions.
Houses like these, built on stilts, are called columnar structures and are more than 10,000 years old. [3] Most bamboo buildings now use hardwood for column beams and local materials built into the next two floors of the small building. On the ground floor only the pillars supporting the house can be used to raise livestock and pile up sundries ...
The Chariot mansion (simplified Chinese: 轸宿; traditional Chinese: 軫宿; pinyin: Zhěn Xiù) is one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions of the Chinese constellations. [1] It is one of the southern mansions of the Vermilion Bird .
The Encampment mansion (Chinese: 室宿; pinyin: Shì Xiù) is one of the 28 mansions of the Chinese constellations. [1] It is one of the northern mansions of the Black Tortoise . [ 2 ]
The Castle—AKA the John Paine Mansion—was deemed the "grandest house" in Troy, New York when it was built in 1896. Hart Cluett Museum, Troy, New York View this post on Instagram
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Chinese name European constellation Number of stars Representing Legs: 奎: Andromeda/Pisces: 16: Possibly it is the rear legs or feet of the White Tiger. Alternatively, it was also seen as a wild boar. Outer Fence: 外屏: Pisces: 7: A fence to screen off the cesspit of Celestial Pigsty (Tiānhùn) Celestial Pigsty: 天溷: Cetus: 4: A manure ...