The Girl mansion (女宿, pinyin: Nǚ Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the northern mansions of the Black Tortoise.
Asterisms English name Chinese name European constellation Number of stars Representing Girl 女 Aquarius 4 Women's matters, women weaving, the turtle or snake basaltic Twelve States 十二國 Capricornus 16Twelve states of Ancient China Pearls on Ladies' Wear 離珠 Aquila/Aquarius 5Women's social position and decorative beads Rotten Gourd 敗瓜 Delphinus 5Bad melon Good Gourd 瓠瓜 Delphinus 5One kind of green melon white Celestial Ford 天津 Cygnus 9Galaxy's ferry, a bridge across the Milky Way Xi Zhong 奚仲 Cygnus 4 Xi Zhong was the inventor of chariots who lived during the Xia dynasty Basket for Mulberry Leaves 扶筐 Draco 7 Mulberry leaf and equipment
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