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Each region contains seven mansions, making a total of 28 mansions. These mansions or xiù correspond to the longitudes along the ecliptic that the Moon crosses during its 27.32-day journey around the Earth and serve as a way to track the Moon's progress. In Taoism they are related to 28 Chinese generals. [4]
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.
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).
Kuimulang (Chinese: 奎木狼; lit. 'The Wood Wolf of Legs') is a deity in traditional Chinese spiritual beliefs. He is considered to be one of the 28 Mansions, which are Chinese constellations. These constellations are the same as those studied in Western astrology.
Besides the 28 lunar mansions, most constellations are based on the works of Shi Shen-fu and Gan De, who were astrologists during the period of the Warring States (481–221 BCE) in China. In his Shiji , the Western Han era historian Sima Qian (145–86 BCE) provided a star catalogue that includes 90 constellations. [ 9 ]
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The sky is divided into star mansions (星 宿, xīng xiù, also translated as "lodges") and asterisms (星 官, xīng guān). The ecliptic is divided into four sectors that are associated with the Four Symbols, guardians in Chinese mythology, and further into 28 mansions.
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 ]