Cygnus in Chinese astronomy

According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Cygnus is located within the northern quadrant of the sky, which is symbolized as the Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ).

The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 天鵝座 (tiān é zuò), meaning "the swan constellation".

Stars

The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Cygnus area consists of :

Four Symbols !Mansion (Chinese name) !Romanization !Translation !Asterisms (Chinese name) !Romanization !Translation !Western star name !Chinese star name !Romanization !Translation
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rowspan="86" \| Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武) \| rowspan="10" \|牛 \| rowspan="10"\|Niú \| rowspan="10"\|Ox \| rowspan="10" \|輦道 \| rowspan="10"\|Niǎndào \| rowspan="10"\|Imperial Passageway
4 Cyg[http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/cygnus.htm Ian Ridpath's Startales - Cygnus the Swan]	\|輦道四	Niǎndàosì	4th star
17 Cyg	\|輦道五	Niǎndàowu	5th star
11 Cyg	\|輦道增三	Niǎndàozēngsān	3rd additional star
15 Cyg	\|輦道增四	Niǎndàozēngsì	4th additional star
η Cyg	\|輦道增五	Niǎndàozēngwǔ	5th additional star
φ Cyg	\|輦道增六	Niǎndàozēngliù	6th additional star
β Cyg	\|輦道增七	Niǎndàozēngqī	7th additional star
2 Cyg	\|輦道增八	Niǎndàozēngbā	8th additional star
8 Cyg	\|輦道增九	Niǎndàozēngjiǔ	9th additional star
rowspan="59" \|女 \| rowspan="59"\|Nǚ \| rowspan="59"\|Girl \| rowspan="48" \|天津 \| rowspan="48"\|Tiānjīn \| rowspan="48"\|Celestial Ford
rowspan="3"\|γ Cyg{{in lang\|zh}} [http://aeea.nmns.edu.tw/2006/0607/ap060704.html AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 4 日] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522123616/http://aeea.nmns.edu.tw/2006/0607/ap060704.html \|date=2011-05-22 }}
\|天津一	Tiānjīnyī	1st star
\|天津西第二星	Tiānjīxīdìèrxīng	2nd western star
rowspan="3"\|δ Cyg
\|天津二	Tiānjīnèr	2nd star
\|天津西第一星	Tiānjīxīdìyīxīng	1st western star
30 Cyg	\|天津三	Tiānjīnsān	3rd star
rowspan="3"\|α Cyg
\|天津四	Tiānjīnsì	4th star
\|天津东第一星	Tiānjīdōngdìyīxīng	1st eastern star
ν Cyg	\|天津五	Tiānjīnwu	5th star
τ Cyg	\|天津六	Tiānjīnliù	6th star
υ Cyg	\|天津七	Tiānjīnqī	7th star
ζ Cyg	\|天津八	Tiānjīnbā	8th star
rowspan="3"\|ε Cyg
\|天津九	Tiānjīnjiǔ	9th
\|天津西第三星	Tiānjīxīdìsānxīng	3rd western star
14 Cyg	\|天津增一	Tiānjīnzēngyī	1st additional star
19 Cyg	\|天津增二	Tiānjīnzēngèr	2nd additional star
22 Cyg	\|天津增三	Tiānjīnzēngsān	3rd additional star
25 Cyg	\|天津增四	Tiānjīnzēngsì	4th additional star
27 Cyg	\|天津增五	Tiānjīnzēngwǔ	5th additional star
28 Cyg	\|天津增六	Tiānjīnzēngliù	6th additional star
29 Cyg	\|天津增七	Tiānjīnzēngqī	7th additional star
36 Cyg	\|天津增八	Tiānjīnzēngbā	8th additional star
34 Cyg	\|天津增九	Tiānjīnzēngjiǔ	9th additional star
40 Cyg	\|天津增十	Tiānjīnzēngshí	10th additional star
44 Cyg	\|天津增十一	Tiānjīnzēngshíyī	11th additional star
42 Cyg	\|天津增十二	Tiānjīnzēngshíèr	12th additional star
47 Cyg	\|天津增十三	Tiānjīnzēngshísān	13th additional star
35 Cyg	\|天津增十四	Tiānjīnzēngshísì	14th additional star
39 Cyg	\|天津增十五	Tiānjīnzēngshíwǔ	15th additional star
41 Cyg	\|天津增十六	Tiānjīnzēngshíliù	16th additional star
48 Cyg	\|天津增十七	Tiānjīnzēngshíqī	17th additional star
49 Cyg	\|天津增十八	Tiānjīnzēngshíbā	18th additional star
52 Cyg	\|天津增十九	Tiānjīnzēngshíjiǔ	19th additional star
69 Cyg	\|天津增二十六	Tiānjīnzēngèrshíliù	26th additional star
70 Cyg	\|天津增二十七	Tiānjīnzēngèrshíqī	27th additional star
σ Cyg	\|天津增二十八	Tiānjīnzēngèrshíbā	28th additional star
61 Cyg	\|天津增二十九	Tiānjīnzēngèrshíjiǔ	29th additional star
λ Cyg	\|天津增三十	Tiānjīnzēngsānshí	30th additional star
56 Cyg	\|天津增三十一	Tiānjīnzēngsānshíyī	31st additional star
57 Cyg	\|天津增三十二	Tiānjīnzēngsānshíèr	32nd additional star
55 Cyg	\|天津增三十三	Tiānjīnzēngsānshísān	33rd additional star
ω² Cyg	\|天津增三十四	Tiānjīnzēngsānshísì	34th additional star
ο² Cyg	\|天津增三十七	Tiānjīnzēngsānshíqī	37th additional star
ο1 Cyg	\|天津增三十八	Tiānjīnzēngsānshíbā	38th additional star
rowspan="11" \|奚仲 \| rowspan="11"\|Xīzhòng \| rowspan="11"\|Xi Zhong
κ Cyg	\|奚仲一	Xīzhòngyī	1st star
ι Cyg	\|奚仲二	Xīzhòngyīèr	2nd star
θ Cyg	\|奚仲三	Xīzhòngsān	3rd star
16 Cyg	\|奚仲四	Xīzhòngsì	4th star
7 Cyg	\|奚仲增一	Xīzhòngzēngyī	1st additional star
20 Cyg	\|奚仲增二	Xīzhòngzēngèr	2nd additional star
26 Cyg	\|奚仲增三	Xīzhòngzēngsān	3rd additional star
33 Cyg	\|奚仲增四	Xīzhòngzēngsì	4th additional star
HD 189276	\|奚仲增五	Xīzhòngzēngwǔ	5th additional star
23 Cyg	\|奚仲增六	Xīzhòngzēngliù	6th additional star
rowspan="14" \|危 \| rowspan="14"\|Wēi \| rowspan="14"\|Rooftop
\|臼	Jiù	Mortar	μ¹ Cyg{{in lang\|zh}} [http://aeea.nmns.edu.tw/2006/0607/ap060706.html AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 6 日]	\|臼一	Jiùyī	1st star
rowspan="12" \|車府 \| rowspan="12"\|Chēfǔ \| rowspan="12"\|Big Yard for Chariots
ρ Cyg	\|車府四	Chēfǔsì	4th star
59 Cyg	\|車府五	Chēfǔwǔ	5th star
ξ Cyg	\|車府六	Chēfǔliù	6th star
74 Cyg	\|車府七	Chēfǔqī	7th star
51 Cyg	\|車府增一	Chēfǔzēngyī	1st additional star
60 Cyg	\|車府增二	Chēfǔzēngèr	2nd additional star
63 Cyg	\|車府增三	Chēfǔzēngsān	3rd additional star
75 Cyg	\|車府增五	Chēfǔzēngwǔ	5th additional star
77 Cyg	\|車府增六	Chēfǔzēngliù	6th additional star
76 Cyg	\|車府增七	Chēfǔzēngqī	7th additional star
72 Cyg	\|車府增八	Chēfǔzēngbā	8th additional star
rowspan="3" \|室 \| rowspan="3"\|Shì \| rowspan="3"\|Encampment \| rowspan="3" \|騰蛇 \| rowspan="3"\|Téngshé \| rowspan="3"\|Flying Serpent
π² Cyg{{in lang\|zh}} [http://aeea.nmns.edu.tw/2006/0607/ap060707.html AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 7 日]	\|螣蛇三	Téngshésān	3rd star
π¹ Cyg	\|螣蛇四	Téngshésì	4th star

References

External links

[http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/cygnus.html#chinese Cygnus – Chinese associations]
[http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/ 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]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120712132630/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/Research/StarName/c_research_chinengstarzone_b.htm 中國星區、星官及星名英譯表]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20121002051949/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/Research/Literature/c_research_literature.htm 天象文學]
[http://www.nmns.edu.tw/ 台灣自然科學博物館][https://web.archive.org/web/20100629152022/http://aeea.nmns.edu.tw/ 天文教育資訊網]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090120043712/http://aeea.nmns.edu.tw/aeea/contents_list/ancient_chinese_astronomy.html 中國古天文]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120116230802/http://aeea.nmns.edu.tw/aeea/contents_list/star_sign.html 中國古代的星象系統]

Category:Astronomy in China

Category:Cygnus (constellation)

Cygnus in Chinese astronomy

Stars

See also

References

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