The modern constellation
Orion lies across two of the quadrants, symbolized by the
White Tiger of the West (西方白虎, ''Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ'') and
Vermilion Bird of the South
The Vermilion Bird ( zh, c=朱雀, p=Zhūquè) is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. According to Wu Xing, the Taoist five elemental system, it represents the Fire element, the direction south, and the season summer corresp ...
(南方朱雀, ''Nán Fāng Zhū Què''), that divide the sky in traditional
Chinese uranography.
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 猎户座 (''liè hù zuò''), meaning "the hunter constellation".
Stars
The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Orion area consists of :
See also
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Traditional Chinese star names
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Chinese constellations
Traditional Chinese astronomy has a system of dividing the celestial sphere into asterisms or constellations, known as "officials" (Chinese ''xīng guān'').
The Chinese asterisms are generally smaller than the constellations of Hellenistic t ...
References
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External links
Orion – Chinese associations香港太空館https://web.archive.org/web/20120813070951/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/Research/c_index.htm 研究資源]
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台灣自然科學博物館http://aeea.nmns.edu.tw/ 天文教育資訊網]
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Astronomy in China
Orion (constellation)