The Willow mansion (柳宿, pinyin: Liǔ Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations.[1] It is one of the southern mansions of the Vermilion Bird.[2][3]
Asterisms
edit| English name | Chinese name | European constellation | Number of stars |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow | 柳 | Hydra | 8 |
| Banner of a Wine Shop | 酒旗 | Leo | 3 |
References
edit- ↑ Sun, Xiaochun (1997). Selin, Helaine (ed.). Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Kluwer Academic Publishers. p. 517. ISBN 0-7923-4066-3. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ↑ Xu, Junjun (2011-06-29). "Ancient Chinese constellations". Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 5 (S260): 107–115. doi:10.1017/S174392131100319X. ISSN 1743-9221.
- ↑ "Chinese Astronomy Resource: The Chinese Sky". idp.bl.uk. Archived from the original on 2015-11-04. Retrieved 2025-11-03.