According to traditional
Chinese uranography, the modern constellation
Cancer
Cancer is a group of diseases involving Cell growth#Disorders, abnormal cell growth with the potential to Invasion (cancer), invade or Metastasis, spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Po ...
is located within the southern quadrant of the sky, which is symbolized as the
Vermilion Bird of the South
The Vermilion Bird ( zh, c=朱雀, p=Zhūquè) is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. According to Wu Xing, the Taoist five elemental system, it represents the Fire element, the direction south, and the season of summer corre ...
(南方朱雀, ''Nán Fāng Zhū Què'').
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 巨蟹座 (''jù xiè zuò''), meaning "the giant crab constellation".
Stars
The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Cancer area consists of:
See also
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Chinese astronomy
Astronomy in China has a long history stretching from the Shang dynasty, being refined over a period of more than 3,000 years. The Ancient China, ancient Chinese people have identified stars from 1300 BCE, as Chinese star names later categori ...
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Traditional Chinese star names
Chinese star names (Chinese language, Chinese: , ''xīng míng'') are named according to ancient Chinese astronomy and Chinese astrology, astrology. The sky is divided into Chinese constellations, star mansions (, ''xīng xiù'', also translated a ...
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Chinese constellations
Traditional Chinese astronomy has a system of dividing the celestial sphere into asterisms or constellations, known as "officials" ( Chinese ''xīng guān'').
The Chinese asterisms are generally smaller than the constellations of Hellenisti ...
References
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External links
Cancer – Chinese associations香港太空館https://web.archive.org/web/20120813070951/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/Research/c_index.htm 研究資源]
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台灣自然科學博物館http://aeea.nmns.edu.tw/ 天文教育資訊網]
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Astronomy in China
Cancer (constellation)