Astronomy:Winnowing Basket (Chinese constellation)
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The Winnowing Basket mansion (箕宿, pinyin: Jī Xiù) is one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the eastern mansions of the Azure Dragon.[1][2][3]
Asterisms
| English name | Chinese name | European constellation | Number of stars | Representing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winnowing Basket | 箕 | Sagittarius | 4 | Azure Dragon's dung, the role of rice bran to farm implements, also means the wind |
| Chaff | 糠 | Ophiuchus | 1 | Lift out of bran |
| Pestle | 杵 | Ara | 3 | Trace compounds wooden club |
References
- ↑ Stephenson, F. Richard (1994). "13 - Chinese and Korean Star Maps and Catalogs". in Harley, J.B.. The History of Cartography. Part 2. 2. University of Chicago Press. pp. 517. https://press.uchicago.edu/books/HOC/HOC_V2_B2/HOC_VOLUME2_Book2_chapter13.pdf.
- ↑ Penprase, Bryan E. (2017-05-05) (in en). The Power of Stars. Springer. pp. 43. ISBN 978-3-319-52597-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=pQHNDgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Extended+Net%22+chinese+astronomy&pg=PA43.
- ↑ Xu, Junjun (January 2009). "Ancient Chinese constellations" (in en). Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 5 (S260): 107–115. doi:10.1017/S174392131100319X. ISSN 1743-9221.
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