Stomach (Chinese constellation)

Wèi Xiù map

The Stomach mansion (胃宿, pinyin: Wèi Xiù) is one of the twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the western mansions of the White Tiger.

Asterisms

English name Chinese name European constellation Number of starsRepresenting
Stomach Aries 3Stomach, fingers and granary
Celestial Foodstuff 天廩 Taurus 4The barn
Circular Celestial Granary 天囷 Cetus 13The round barn
Mausoleum 大陵 Perseus 8The mausoleum
Celestial Boat 天船 Perseus 9General big warships, or the ship has sailed galaxy
Heap of Corpses 積屍 Perseus/Camelopardalis 1The body within the tomb
Stored Water 積水 Perseus 1The stored-water ship
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