Dipper (Chinese constellation)
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The Dipper mansion (斗宿, pinyin: Dǒu 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 |
| Dipper |
斗 |
Sagittarius |
6 |
Shaped like the Big Dipper, also refers temple in the sky or the snake-shaped basalt |
| Establishment |
建 |
Sagittarius |
6 |
Sun, moon and star are related by the city, also refers to the flag |
| Market Officer |
天弁 |
Aquila/Scutum |
9 |
Officials of the market |
| River Turtle |
鱉 |
Telescopium/Corona Australis |
11 |
The river turtles |
| Celestial Cock |
天雞 |
Sagittarius |
2 |
Chicken in the sky, the God's chicken |
| Celestial Keyhole |
天籥 |
Ophiuchus/Sagittarius |
8 |
Locks open and close by the ecliptic |
| Dog Territory |
狗國 |
Sagittarius |
4 |
Dogs live in the kingdom |
| Celestial Spring |
天淵 |
Sagittarius |
3 |
Pond in the sky |
| Dog |
狗 |
Sagittarius |
2 |
Guardian dog in the gate |
| Peasant |
農丈人 |
Sagittarius |
1 |
Director of palm farming |
Stars
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