Tail (Chinese constellation)

The Tail mansion (尾宿, pinyin: Wěi Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the eastern mansions of the Azure Dragon.

Wěi Xiù map

Asterisms

English nameChinese nameEuropean constellationNumber of starsRepresenting
TailScorpius9Azure Dragon's tail, refer to the temple
Changing Roomsimplified Chinese: 神宫; traditional Chinese: 神宮Scorpius1Changing rooms in the temple
Tortoisesimplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: Ara5Galaxy in the turtle, refer to the good and bad
Celestial River天江Ophiuchus4The silver-river-shaped galaxy
Fuyuesimplified Chinese: 傅说; traditional Chinese: 傅說Scorpius1Fu Yue was a former slave that became a high-ranking minister to Shang Dynasty ruler, Wu Ding
Fishsimplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: Scorpius1Fish in the galaxy
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