Ox (Chinese constellation)
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.
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 |