Leu (or Low) sieu () meaning "the Train of a garment", is one of the twenty-eight lunar mansions of traditional Chinese astronomy. It is one of the mansions of the White Tiger of the West (西方白虎).

The asterisms in the Region of Leu (婁宿天區) Asterism Chinesename( ): simplified Chinese Meaning Modernconstellation Number of stars Alternativenames Notes Representing Leu 婁(娄) the Train of a garment Aries 3 天狱, 降婁 (降娄), 郁车宫 Allen (1899) p.82.The lasso which was used to hang the sacrificed animal and the sickle for cutting the harvest Tso Kang 左更 the Left Watch Aries 5   Allen (1899) p.64. (Allen misidenticfied it with ε Ara. )Forestry manager Yew Kang 右更 The Right-hand Watch Pisces 5   Allen (1899) p.343.Livestock manager Tien Yuen 天倉 (天仓) Heaven's Temporary Granary Cetus 6   Allen (1899) p.164. Second granary which was used in agriculture and harvesting Tien Yu 天庾 Heaven's Temporary Granary Fornax 3   Allen (1899) p.221.Third granary which was used in agriculture and harvesting Tien Ta Tseang 天大將軍(天大将军) Heaven's Great General AndromedaPerseusTriangulum 11 天將軍,『開元占経』 「巻66 石氏中官占 中」『晋書』 「天文志」 大將軍, 將軍『宋史』 「天文志」 Allen (1899) p.37. The great general of the heavens and ten subordinate officers

Notes

See also Traditional Chinese star names

References

大崎正次 (1987). 『中国の星座の歴史』 雄山閣出版.

External links 陳冠中, 陳輝樺 「中國古代的星象系統 (71): 婁宿天區」 - 天文教育資訊網 (AEEA)