Girl (Chinese constellation)
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The Girl mansion (女宿, pinyin: Nǚ 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 |
Girl | 女 | Aquarius | 4 | Women's matters, women weaving, the turtle or snake basaltic |
Twelve States[1] | 十二國 | Capricornus | 16 | Twelve states of Ancient China |
Pearls on Ladies' Wear | 離珠 | Aquila/Aquarius | 5 | Women's social position and decorative beads |
Rotten Gourd | 敗瓜 | Delphinus | 5 | Bad melon |
Good Gourd | 瓠瓜 | Delphinus | 5 | One kind of green melon white |
Celestial Ford | 天津 | Cygnus | 9 | Galaxy's ferry, a bridge across the Milky Way |
Xi Zhong | 奚仲 | Cygnus | 4 | Xi Zhong was the inventor of chariots who lived during the Xia Dynasty |
Basket for Mulberry Leaves | 扶筐 | Draco | 7 | Mulberry leaf and equipment |