What is the order of the twenty-eight stars?

The corner of the room is very high, the tail of the room is white, and the woman who fights bullfights is in danger on the wall of the room. The stomach of Kuilou is full of ginseng, and the ghost of the well. Liu Yi was divided into 28 star zones by ancient astronomers in China in order to observe the movement of the sun, the moon and the five stars. It is a local celestial literature creation in China, which is used to explain the position of the sun, the moon and the five-star movement. The popular name is "Twenty-eight Stars"

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Twenty-eight stars:

Seven nights of the Oriental Black Dragon: Jiao, Kang, Bian, Fang, Xin, Wei and Ji.

Seven nights in Xuanwu in the north: fighting, cattle, women, emptiness, danger, houses and walls.

Seven Nights on the West White Tiger: Que, Lou, Stomach, Chang, Bi, Gou and Shen.

Seven nights in South Suzaku: well, ghost, willow, star, Zhang, wing and Zhu.

There are several stars every night. As an important part of China's traditional culture, it has been widely used in ancient astronomy, religion, literature and astrology, astrology, geomantic omen, lucky choice and so on.

Different fields have given it different connotations, and the related contents are also very complicated.

At present, the twenty-eight lodging system can be traced back to the early Shang and Zhou Dynasties, and it was complete in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Records of twenty-eight hotels and four elephants were first recorded in the early Warring States Period. In terms of cultural relics, the lacquer box of the tomb of Zeng Houyi of the Warring States period unearthed in Suixian recorded the complete name of the 28 hostels for the first time.

Historians recognize that Twenty-eight Nights was first used in astronomy, so its position in the history of astronomy is quite important and it has always been a topic of interest to Chinese and foreign scholars.

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Communication between Twenty-eight Hostels and Twelve Earthly Branches

The earthly branch is the core content of ancient astronomy in China and the most important symbol of ancient astronomy in China. The earth rises from the 28 stars in ancient times, which is another expression of the year. The way to create earthly branches is to use some astrological symbols of 28 stars.

Twenty-eight huts start from Cacuk and are arranged from west to east, which is opposite to the direction of the sun and the moon.

The East is called Qinglong: Jiaomujiao, Kang Jinlong, Nyctereute, Fangri Rabbit, Xinyue Fox, Tail Fire Tiger and Jishui Leopard;

The north is called Xuanwu: unicorn, Taurus, mother bat, rising sun mouse, dangerous moon swallow, indoor fire pig, wall pheasant *;

In the west, the white tiger is called: Kuimu Wolf, Loujin Dog, Stomach Pheasant, Chicken, Bi, Gunshot Monkey;

In the south, it is called Suzaku: Muan Jing, Ghost Golden Sheep, Swertia liutu, Stellaria, Zhang Yuelu, Fei Huo Snake and Lumbricus.

In ancient times, in order to observe the movements of the sun, the moon and the five planets (gold, wood, water, fire and earth), people chose 28 constellations near the ecliptic and equator as symbols, which were collectively called 28 constellations or 28 stars.

Horn, sound, rafter, room, heart, tail, dustpan, these seven stars constitute the image of the dragon, and the vernal equinox season is in the eastern sky, so it is called the Oriental Qinglong for seven nights;

Fighting, ox, female, air, danger, room and wall, these seven stars constitute a group of images intertwined with turtles and snakes. The vernal equinox season is in the northern sky, so it is called the seven nights in Xuanwu in the north;

The seven stars Kui, Lou, Wei, Chang, Bi, Gou and Shen form the image of a tiger. The vernal equinox season is in the western sky, so it is called the seven nights of the western white tiger.

Well, ghosts, willows, stars, Zhang, wings and birds, these seven stars make up the image of a bird, and the vernal equinox season is in the southern sky, so it is called the seven nights of southern Suzaku.

The four animal images formed by the above seven nights are collectively called four elephants, four dimensions and four beasts. The ancients used the appearance and arrival time of the four elephants and the twenty-eight stars to judge the seasons. The ancients looked at the direction of solar terms in the south, so there is a saying that there are dragons in the left east, white tigers in the right west, basaltic in the north and suzaku in the south.

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