Ox (Chinese constellation)
- Ox (Chinese constellation)
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The Ox mansion (牛宿, pinyin: Niú Xiù) 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 |
| Ox |
牛 |
Capricornus |
6 |
The ox hanged by the rope |
| Celestial Farmland |
天田 |
Capricornus/Microscopium |
4 |
Son from heaven |
| Nine Water Wells |
九坎 |
Microscopium |
4 |
Nine irrigation wells |
| Drum at the River |
河鼓 |
Aquila |
3 |
Military drums in the sky |
| Weaving Girl |
織女 |
Lyra |
3 |
The girl who skilled in weaving of fairy folk |
| Left Flag |
左旗 |
Aquila/Sagitta |
9 |
Banners in the left |
| Right Flag |
右旗 |
Aquila |
9 |
Banners in the right |
| Celestial Drumstick |
天桴 |
Aquila |
4 |
Drum at the River stick |
| Network of Dykes |
羅堰 |
Capricornus |
3 |
Mound for irrigation system |
| Clepsydra Terrace |
漸臺 |
Lyra |
4 |
Water for clepsydra |
| Imperial Passageway |
輦道 |
Lyra/Cygnus |
5 |
Passage for imperial chariot |
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