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