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  2. Twenty-Eight Mansions - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Lunar station - Wikipedia

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    The 28 Lunar Mansions, or more precisely lodgings (Chinese: 二十 八 宿; pinyin: èrshí bā xiù) are the Chinese and East Asian form of the lunar stations. They can be considered as the equivalent to the Western zodiac, although the 28 stations reflect the movement of the Moon through a sidereal month rather than the Sun in a tropical year; (cf. Solar term).

  4. Chinese constellations - Wikipedia

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    The system of twenty-eight lunar mansions is very similar (although not identical) to the Indian Nakshatra system, and it is not currently known if there was mutual influence in the history of the Chinese and Indian systems. The oldest extant Chinese star maps date to the Tang dynasty.

  5. Bond (Chinese constellation) - Wikipedia

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    Leu (or Low) sieu (simplified Chinese: 娄宿; traditional Chinese: 婁宿; pinyin: Lóu Xiù) meaning "the Train of a garment", is one of the twenty-eight lunar mansions of traditional Chinese astronomy. It is one of the mansions of the White Tiger of the West (西方白虎).

  6. Jiaobei - Wikipedia

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    Moon blocks or jiaobei (also written as jiao bei etc. variants; Chinese: 筊杯 or 珓杯; pinyin: jiǎo bēi; Jyutping: gaau2 bui1), also poe (from Chinese: 桮; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poe; as used in the term "poe divination"), are wooden divination tools originating from China, which are used in pairs and thrown to seek divine guidance in the form of a yes or no question.

  7. Hairy Head - Wikipedia

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    The Hairy Head mansion (昴宿, pinyin: Mǎo Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the western mansions of the White Tiger . This mansion corresponds to the Pleiades in English.

  8. Horn (Chinese constellation) - Wikipedia

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    Chinese name European constellation Number of stars Representing Horn: 角: Virgo: 2: Azure Dragon's angle Flat Road: 平道: Virgo: 2: Officer's road Celestial Farmland: 天田: Virgo: 2: The son of heaven Recommending Virtuous Men: 進賢: Virgo: 1 (+9) The recommended virtuous men Tripod of the Zhou: 周鼎: Coma Berenices: 3: The God Tripod ...

  9. Chariot (Chinese constellation) - Wikipedia

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    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. [2]