In ancient times, ancient Chinese people looked up at the sky near the ecliptic in the sky and divided the stars near the ecliptic into several areas, called 28 constellations. These twenty-eight constellations are divided into four palaces: east, south, west and north according to their directions. There are seven constellations in each palace, and the seven constellations belonging to each palace are imagined as an animal, which is regarded as the four spirits of the sky to rectify the four directions. It is an important part of traditional Chinese culture . It has been widely used in astronomy, literature, religion, astrology, horoscopes, feng shui, luck selection and other magics, and has been given different contents in different fields.
There are seven stars in the southern sky, namely:
Jing, Gui, Liu, Xing, Zhang, Yi and Zhen.
together look like a bird. Because the south belongs to fire, it is called Zhuque. Suzaku is the general name for the seven constellations in the south, and it also refers to the front in Feng Shui.
There are seven stars in the east, namely:
jiao, Kang, Di, Fang, Xin, Wei and Ji.
When connected, it looks like a dragon. Because the east belongs to wood and is cyan, including green and blue, it is called Qinglong. Sitting north and facing south, you will see the green dragon on the left. In Feng Shui, it is also called left green dragon.
There are seven constellations in the western sky, namely:
Kui, Lou, Wei, Pleiades, Bi, Shang and Shen.
together look like a tiger. Because the west belongs to gold and the metal is white, it is called white tiger . Also known as the Right White Tiger in Feng Shui.
There are seven constellations in the north, including the well-known Big Dipper . The seven constellations are:
Dou, Ox, Female, Xu, Danger, Room, and Wall.
together resembles a turtle, the north belongs to water, Xuanwu refers to the north turtle snake , so the north is called Xuanwu. When you sit north and look south, the Xuanwu side is the rear.
The front Suzaku, the back Xuanwu, the left Qinglong, and the right white tiger have always been the names for the four directions in traditional Chinese culture.
The twenty-eight constellations are not just for observing the positions of the sun, moon, and stars. Some of them are also the objects of observation for the ancients to determine the age and seasons. For example, when Rigel is due south, it is the first month of spring, and Antares is due south, which is May summer, etc. The twenty-eight constellations surround the celestial atmosphere, running over and over again, governing the celestial phenomena in the east, south, west, and north respectively, allowing the earth to distinguish day and night, the alternation of cold and heat, and the changes in yin and yang. Over time, the twenty-eight constellations have become They have been endowed with different contents and meanings of good and bad luck, thus attaching themselves to the ups and downs of the folk world. Therefore, it is not only used for meteorological and astronomical observations, but also becomes an important basis for the ancients to choose auspicious days and good days.
(Editor on August 28, 2022)
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