Wall (Chinese constellation)

The Wall mansion (Chinese: 壁宿; pinyin: Bì Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the northern mansions of the Black Tortoise.

Bì Xiù map

Asterisms

English name	Chinese name	European constellation	Number of stars	Representing	Source
Wall	壁	Pegasus/Andromeda	2	Walls, the library	https://blogs.lt.vt.edu/yawl/2013/03/28/chinese-constellations-the-wall-bi-and-the-tortoise/
Thunderbolt	霹靂	Pisces	5	A thunderclap	https://astrostyle.com/pisces-horoscope/
Cloud and Rain	雲雨	Pisces	4	cloud and rain	https://www.theodysseyonline.com/pisces-mutable-water-sign
Celestial Stable	天廄	Andromeda	3	Stable, or the people who manage stable	https://www.constellation-guide.com/constellation-list/andromeda-constellation/
Sickle	鈇鑕	Cetus	5	The sickle for harvesting	https://www.constellation-guide.com/constellation-list/cetus-constellation/
Official for Earthworks and Buildings	土公	Pisces	2	Officials responsible for infrastructure and construction	https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/apr/10/star-watch-beneath-plough-spirng

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