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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 ...
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).
The ancient Chinese people have identified stars from 1300 BCE, as Chinese star names later categorized in the twenty-eight mansions have been found on oracle bones unearthed at Anyang, dating back to the mid-Shang dynasty. The core of the "mansion" (宿 xiù) system also took shape around this period, by the time of King Wu Ding (1250–1192 ...
The Room mansion (房宿, pinyin: Fáng Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the eastern mansions of the Azure Dragon . Asterisms
On 9 March 2021, China and Russia signed a “Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Government of the Russian Federation Regarding Cooperation for the Construction of the International Lunar Research Station.” [14] On 16 June 2021, Roscosmos and the China National Space Administration (CNSA) held a joint session in St. Petersburg ...
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).
The return of the lunar samples to Earth is being followed by scientists around the world, who hope the soil collected by the Chang'e-6 can help answer questions about the origins of the solar system.
Chinese name European constellation Number of stars Representing Emptiness: 虛: Aquarius/Equuleus: 2: Empty ruins or the officials responsible for funeral Deified Judge of Life: 司命: Aquarius: 2: Palm to punish the sin, or the ghost of God Deified Judge of Rank: 司祿: Aquarius/Pegasus: 2: Palm to give the rank, or the God of life