According to traditional
Chinese uranography, the modern constellation
Taurus
Taurus is Latin for 'bull' and may refer to:
* Taurus (astrology), the astrological sign
** Vṛṣabha, in vedic astrology
* Taurus (constellation), one of the constellations of the zodiac
* Taurus (mythology), one of two Greek mythological ch ...
is located within the western quadrant of the sky, which is symbolized as the
White Tiger of the West (西方白虎) (''Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ'').
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 金牛座 (''jīn niú zuò''), meaning "the golden bull constellation".
Stars
The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Taurus area consists of:
See also
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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
Taurus – 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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中國星區、星官及星名英譯表*
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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中國古天文*
Astronomy in China
Taurus (constellation)