Ghost (Chinese constellation)
The Ghost mansion (Chinese: 鬼宿; pinyin: Guǐ Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the southern mansions of the Vermilion Bird.
Asterisms
English name | Chinese name | Modern constellation | Number of stars |
Ghost | 鬼 | Cancer | 4 |
Cumulative Corpses | 積尸 | Cancer | 1 |
Beacon Fire | 爟 | Cancer | 4 |
Celestial Dog | 天狗 | Pyxis/Vela | 7 |
Outer Kitchen | 外廚 | Hydra | 6 |
Celestial Earth God's Temple | 天社 | Vela | 6 |
Judge for Estimating the Age of Animals | 天記 | Vela | 1 |
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