Tail (Chinese constellation) explained

The Tail mansion (尾宿, pinyin: Wěi Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the eastern mansions of the Azure Dragon.

Asterisms

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English name Chinese name Number of stars Representing
Tail 9Azure Dragon's tail, refer to the temple
1Changing rooms in the temple
Tortoise 5Galaxy in the turtle, refer to the good and bad
Celestial River 天江 4The silver-river-shaped galaxy
1Fu Yue was a former slave that became a high-ranking minister to Shang dynasty ruler, Wu Ding
1Fish in the galaxy