Twenty -eight Stars (1)

Twenty -eighth Star Supreme divides the 28 star areas near the Equatorial Scenic Area in order to observe the day, month, and five -star operation. Essence

Tang Liang Lingzhang Five Stars Twenty -Eight Star September God -shaped Volume

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The ancients divided the twenty -eighth places into the east, west, south, and north. Each side had seven hostels. They were imagined as the east green dragon, Western white tiger, southern Suzaku, and northern basalt. Four -dimensional "four beasts" and so on.

Twenty -eight places include

Oriental Qinglong Qisu: Corner, Kang, 氐, Fang, Heart, Tail, Tail;

Northern Xuanwu Seven Plants: Dou, Cow, Women, Vanity, Danger, Room, Wall;

Western white tiger seven places: Kui, Lou, stomach, 昴, Bi, 觜, ginseng;

Southern Suzaku Seven September: well, ghost, willow, star, Zhang, wing, 轸.

As one of the important parts of Chinese traditional culture, the 28th places have been widely used in ancient astronomy, religion, literature and star, star, Feng Shui, choosing good, etc.

Its origin is not completely clear so far. It should be a process of gradually evolving. Oracle has some star names, such as fire, 昴.

The Book of Songs has a lot of stars' names;

So far, the 28th system was first described in the 28th system. The 28 -bedroom map on the paint box covered by Sui County, Hubei, was about 433 BC.

Zhang Heng described in "Lingxian": "Canglong is lingering to the left, the white tiger is on the right, Suzaku is in front of the wing, and the wing turtle circle is the first."

The era of the concept of the four elephants is earlier than the twenty -eight places. In "Zhou Yi", the four elephants refer to the sun, Shaoyin, Shaoyang, and Taiyin derived from the two instruments (Yang Yi and Yin Yi).

"Shan Hai Jing"

"Southern Zhu Rong, the beast body, multiplied by two dragons.";

"Western puppets, snakes in the left ear, take two dragons.";

"There is a mang in the East, the bird's face, and the two dragons.";

"Northern Yujiang, black body and foot, take two dragons."

After the rise of Taoism, these four spirits have also been named the name;

Convenient human name:

Qinglong is called "Meng Zhang";

The white tiger is called "supervisor";

Suzaku is called "Lingguang";

Xuanwu is "insistence".

The four elephants are closely connected to the orientation, which can also be used to represent the Quartet;

There is Xuanwu Lake in Nanjing, referring to the north of the city;

Chang'an has the old Suzaku Gate, the guide door;

Many places have names such as Qinglong Bridge, which refers to the East;

The white tiger has a derogatory meaning, and the name of the white tiger is rare, and the military is useful to use the white tiger hall. In the "Water Margin", Lin Chong was framed by Gao Yan by mistake.

Initially, the ancients chosen 28 star officials to compare the movement of the sun, yin, gold, wood, water, fire, and soil as marked as the time for observation.

"Su", "House", and "Second" means where to stay in the dormitory, indicating where the five -star of the sun and the moon are located.

Some people think that the operation of the twenty -eighth stay is related to the operation of the moon, because the cycle of the star month is 27.33 days, which has almost one day.

In the Tang Dynasty, the 28th beds became the main body of the 28th heavenly area. These days are still named after the name of the 28th place, which is different from the situation of Misaki. As a heavenly area, the 28th bed is mainly for the ownership of the star official.

There are four common methods of observation of 28 plants:

The first is that when the night falling at dusk, the Star Su, which observes the rise of the East Horizon, is called "fainting";

The second is to observe the Xingju in the south and the sky, which is called "fainting";

The third is that when the night before dawn, the Star Su, which observes the rise of the East Horizon, is called "morning seeing" or "Chaozhang";

The fourth is to observe the Xingju in the south and the sky, called "Danzhong".

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