Wall (Chinese constellation)

Bì Xiù map

The Wall mansion (Chinese: 壁宿; pinyin: Bì Xiù)^[1] is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the northern mansions of the Black Tortoise.

Asterisms

English name	Chinese name	European constellation	Number of stars	Representing
Wall	壁	Pegasus/Andromeda	2	Walls, the library
Thunderbolt	霹靂	Pisces	5	A thunderclap
Cloud and Rain	雲雨	Pisces	4	cloud and rain
Celestial Stable	天廄	Andromeda	3	Stable, or the people who manage stable
Sickle	鈇鑕	Cetus	5	The sickle for harvesting
Official for Earthworks and Buildings	土公	Pisces[2]	2	Officials responsible for infrastructure and construction

References

1. Zhang, Shuran (2022). "The Black Tiger Cult in Anze: A Local History of Tigers, Humans, and Gods in Late Imperial and Modern China". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
2. Pickup, Alan (2016-04-10). "Beneath the Plough in spring". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-02-06.