For the sign of the Chinese zodiac, see Ox (zodiac) .
Niú Xiù map The Ox mansion (牛宿, pinyin : Niú Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations . It is one of the northern mansions of the Black Tortoise . The primary asterism of this mansion is centered on the tail of the constellation known as Capricornus in Western astronomy.
Asterisms
English name
Chinese name
European constellation Number of stars
Representing
Ox
牛
Capricornus 6
The ox hanged by the rope
Celestial Farmland
天田
Capricornus /Microscopium 4
Son from heaven
Nine Water Wells
九坎
Microscopium 4
Nine irrigation wells
Drum at the River
河鼓
Aquila 3
Military drums in the sky
Weaving Girl
織女
Lyra 3
The girl who skilled in weaving of fairy folk
Left Flag
左旗
Aquila /Sagitta 9
Banners in the left
Right Flag
右旗
Aquila 9
Banners in the right
Celestial Drumstick
天桴
Aquila 4
Drum at the River stick
Network of Dykes
羅堰
Capricornus 3
Mound for irrigation system
Clepsydra Terrace
漸臺
Lyra 4
Water for clepsydra
Imperial Passageway
輦道
Lyra /Cygnus 5
Passage for imperial chariot
References
Soothill, William Edward; Hodous, Lewis (1977). A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms: With Sanskrit and English Equivalents and a Sanskrit-Pali Index ISBN 978-81-208-0319-0
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