What are the "twenty-eight star constellations"?

What are the "twenty-eight star constellations"?

Twenty-eight stars is the ancient Chinese astronomers for the observation of the sun, the moon, the five-star far away from the division of the twenty-eight star area, is China's native astronomical creation. It is used to illustrate the positions to which the sun, moon and five stars orbit. Specifically as follows:

Eastern Lane Dragon seven hosts:

horn, hyper, Min, room, heart, tail, Kei

Northern Xuanwu seven hosts:

Dou, Ox, female, virtual, dangerous, room, wall

Western White Tiger seven hosts:

Kui, hair, stomach, Pleiades, Bi, mouth, Sam

Southern Jupiter seven hosts:

Well, Ghost, Willow, Star, Zhang, Wing, Square

Each constellation contains several stars. As one of the important parts of traditional Chinese culture, they were once widely used in ancient astronomy, religion, literature and the arts of astrological occupation, astrological fate, feng shui, and the selection of auspiciousness, etc.

The seven stars of the Vermilion Bird are the most important stars in China.

Different fields have given different connotations to the twenty-eight stars, and the related contents are very complicated. The system of the twenty-eight stars can be traced back to the early Shang and Zhou dynasties, and was completed in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.

Records of the twenty-eight constellations and the four elephants were first recorded in the early Warring States period. To cultural relics, Suixian unearthed during the Warring States period Zeng Houyi tomb lacquer box, on which the first complete record of the names of the twenty-eight constellations. Historical community recognized twenty-eight hosts were first used in astronomy, so it is quite important in the history of astronomy, has always been a topic of interest to Chinese and foreign scholars Chi.