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| rdfs:comment | - Chinese constellations (Chinese: 星官, xīngguān) are the groupings used by the ancient Chinese to organize the stars. They are very different from the modern IAU-recognized constellations based on Greco-Roman astronomy.
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| abstract | - Chinese constellations (Chinese: 星官, xīngguān) are the groupings used by the ancient Chinese to organize the stars. They are very different from the modern IAU-recognized constellations based on Greco-Roman astronomy. Ancient Chinese skywatchers divided their night sky into 31 regions: the Three Enclosures (三垣, Sān Yuán) and the Twenty-Eight Mansions (二十八宿, Èrshíbā Xiù). The Three Enclosures occupy the area close to the North Celestial Pole. The stars in the Three Enclosures can be seen all year around. The Twenty-Eight Mansions occupy the zodiacal band. These find their equivalent in the 28 lunar mansions of western astrology and the Nakshatra of Indian astrology. Though marked along the zodiac, they are defined by the movement of the Moon in a lunar month rather than the Sun in a solar year.
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