Extended Net (Chinese constellation)

Extended Net (Chinese constellation)

The Extended Net mansion (zh-tsp|t=張宿|s=张宿|p=Zhāng Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the southern mansions of the Vermilion Bird.

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