The Heavenly Market Enclosure (天市垣, Tian Shi Yuan), is one of the San Yuan or Three enclosures. Stars and constellations of this group are visible during late summer and early autumn in the Northern Hemisphere (late winter and early spring in the Southern). The Summer Triangle lies directly to the northeast.
Asterisms
The asterisms are:
English name Chinese name Number of starsWestern Constellation Additional notesRepresenting Left Wall 天市左垣11 Hercules / Serpens / Ophiuchus / AquilaConsists of : Wei region (魏) → 1st star Zhao region (趙) → 2nd star Jiuhe region (九河) → 3rd star Zhongshan region (中山) → 4th star Qi region (齊) → 5th star Wu region and Yue region (吳越) → 6th star Xu region (徐) → 7th star Donghai region (東海) → 8th star Yan region (燕) → 9th star Nanhai region (南海) → 10th star Song region (宋) → 11th starEleven cities (star) in the left Right Wall 天市右垣11 Serpens / Ophiuchus / HerculesConsists of : Hezhong region (河中) → 1st star Hejian region (河間) → 2nd star Jin region (晉) → 3rd star Zheng region (鄭) → 4th star Zhou region (周) → 5th star Qin region (秦) → 6th star Shu region (蜀) → 7th star Ba region (巴) → 8th star Liang region (梁) → 9th star Chu region (楚) → 10th star Han region (韓) → 11th starEleven cities (star) in the right Municipal Office 市樓6 Serpens / OphiuchusGovernment organization Commodity Market 車肆2 OphiuchusDepartment Store Market Official for the Royal Clan 宗正2 OphiuchusOfficials in charge of royal affairs Official of Religious Ceremonies 宗人4 OphiuchusRoyal bulk, or ritualists of the Zhou Dynasty Patriarchal Clan 宗2 HerculesImperial consultant Textile Ruler 帛度2 HerculesScale, or the cloth market Butcher's Shops 屠肆2 HerculesSlaughter market Astrologer 候1 OphiuchusOfficial who responsible for observing astronomical phenomena Emperor's Seat 帝座1 HerculesRefers to the Great Emperor Eunuch Official 宦者2 Hercules / OphiuchusSuperintendent of the eunuch Jewel Market 列肆2 Ophiuchus / SerpensGem and treasure market Dipper for Liquids 斗5 HerculesThe apparatus to take the liquid Dipper for Solids 斛4 Hercules / Ophiuchus The apparatus to take the solid Coiled Thong 貫索9 Corona BorealisThe civilian population in prison, or rope market Seven Excellencies 七公7 Hercules / Boötes Seven high rank Government Officials Celestial Discipline 天紀9 Hercules / Corona Borealis Officials who maintain discipline the world, or to record of livestock Woman's Bed 女床3 HerculesThe emperor's concubines, or bird market, or the name of a mountain
See also
Twenty-eight mansions Summer Triangle
References