Vermilion Bird

Vermilion Bird
	Zhū Què sculptur on the eaves tile
Chinese name
Cheenese	朱雀
Leeteral meanin	Vermilion Peafowl
Transcriptions
Staundart Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhū Què
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanisation	jyu1 jeuk3
Jyutping	zyu1 zoek3
Soothren Min
Hokkien POJ	chu-chhiok
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet	Chu Tước
Thai name
Thai	หงส์ไฟ
Korean name
Hangul	주작
Hanja	朱雀
Transcriptions
Revised Romanisation	Ju-jak
Japanese name
Kanji	朱雀
Hiragana	すざく or しゅじゃく
Transcriptions
Revised Hepburn	Suzaku or Shujaku
Kunrei-shiki	Suzaku or Syuzyaku

The Vermilion bird is ane o the Fower Seembols o the Cheenese constellations. Accordin tae Wu Xing, the Taoist five-elemental seestem, it represents the fire-element, the direction sooth, an the saison simmer correspondingly. Sicweys it is whiles cried the Vermilion bird o the Sooth (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què). It is kent as Zhuque in Cheenese, Suzaku in Japanese, Jujak in Korean an Chu Tước in Vietnamese. It is aften mistaken for the Fenghuang due tae similarities in appearance, but the twa are different creaturs. The Fenghuang (seemilar tae the phoenix in wastren meethologies) are legendary ruler o birds associatit wi the Cheenese Empress in the same wey the draigon is associatit wi the Emperor, while the Vermilion Bird is a meethological spirit creatur o the Cheenese constellations.

The Seiven Mansions o the Vermilion Bird[eedit | eedit soorce]

As the ither three Seembols, thare are seiven "mansions", or poseetions, o the muin athin Vermilion Bird. The names an determinative stars are:^[1]^[2]

Mansion no.	Name (pinyin)	Translation	Determinative starn
22	井 (Jǐng)	Well	μ Gem
23	鬼 (Guǐ)	Ghost	θ Cnc
24	柳 (Liǔ)	Willow	δ Hya
25	星 (Xīng)	Starn	α Hya
26	張 (Zhāng)	Extendit Net	υ¹ Hya
27	翼 (Yì)	Wings	α Crt
28	軫 (Zhěn)	Chariot	γ Crv

Natur o the seembol[eedit | eedit soorce]

The Vermilion Bird on the gates o a Han Dynasty mausoleum complex

The Vermilion bird is an elegant an noble bird in baith appearance an behaviour, it is vera selective in what it eats an whare it perches, wi its feathers in mony different hues o vermilion.

Stars[eedit | eedit soorce]

Fower Seembols	Mansion (Cheenese name)	Romanization	Translation	Asterisms (Cheenese name)	Romanization	Translation	Wastren starn name	Chinese starn name	Romanization	Translation
Vermilion Bird o the South (南方朱雀)	鬼	Guǐ	Ghost	外廚	Wàichú	Outer Kitchen
							2 Hya	外廚一	Wàichúyī	1st starn
							3 Hya / HD 74395	外廚二	Wàichúèr	2nt starn
							14 Hya	外廚三	Wàichúsān	3rd starn
	柳	Liǔ	Willow	柳	Liǔ	Willow^[3]
							δ Hya
								柳宿一	Liǔsùyī	1st starn
								柳宿距星	Liǔsujùxīng	Separatit starn
								柳宿西头第三星	Liǔsuxītoudìsānxīng	3rd starn in the upper wast
								玉井西北星	Yùjǐngxīběixīng	Starn in northwast o Jade Well constellation
								午	Wǔ	The thong
								鹑火星	Chúnhuǒxīng	The phoenix
							σ Hya	柳宿二	Liǔsùèr	2nt starn
							η Hya	柳宿三	Liǔsùsān	3rd starn
							ρ Hya	柳宿四	Liǔsùsì	4t starn
							ε Hya	柳宿五	Liǔsùwǔ	5t starn
							ζ Hya	柳宿六	Liǔsùliù	6t starn
							ω Hya	柳宿七	Liǔsùqī	7t starn
							θ Hya	柳宿八	Liǔsùbā	8t starn
	星	Xīng	Starn	星	Xīng	Star^[4]
							α Hya
								星宿一	Xīngsùyī	1st starn
								星宿距星	Xīngsùjùxīng	Separatit starn
								星宿中央大星	Xīngsuzhōngyāngdàxīng	Big starn in the center
							τ¹ Hya	星宿二	Xīngsùèr	2nt starn
							τ² Hya	星宿三	Xīngsùsān	3rd starn
							ι Hya	星宿四	Xīngsùsì	4t starn
							26 Hya	星宿五	Xīngsùwǔ	5t starn
							27 Hya	星宿六	Xīngsùliù	6t starn
							HD 82477 & HD 82428	星宿七	Xīngsùqī	7t starn
	張	Zhāng	Extendit Net	張	Zhāng	Extended Net^[5]
							υ¹ Hya	張宿一	Zhāngsùyī	1st starn
							λ Hya	張宿二	Zhāngsùèr	2nt starn
							μ Hya	張宿三	Zhāngsùsān	3rd starn
							HD 87344	張宿四	Zhāngsùsì	4t starn
							κ Hya	張宿五	Zhāngsùwǔ	5t starn
							φ Hya	張宿六	Zhāngsùliù	6t starn
	翼	Yì	Wings	翼	Yì	Wings^[6]^[7]
							ν Hya	翼宿五	Yìsùwǔ	5t starn
							HD 100307	翼宿十八	Yìsùshíbā	18t starn
							HD 96819	翼宿十九	Yìsùshíjiǔ	19t starn
							χ¹ Hya	翼宿二十	Yìsùèrshí	20t starn
							HD 102620	翼宿二十一	Yìsùèrshíyī	21st starn
							HD 103462	翼宿二十二	Yìsùèrshíèr	22nt starn
	軫	Zhěn	Chariot	青丘	Qīngqiū	Green Hill^[8]
							β Hya
								青丘一	Qīngqiūyī	1st starn
								土公西星	Tǔgōngxīxīng	Starn in the wast o offeecial for Earthworks an Buildings constellation
							HD 103596	青丘二	Qīngqiūèr	2nt starn
							17 Crt^[9]	青丘三	Qīngqiūsān	3rd starn
							HD 100393	青丘四	Qīngqiūsì	4t starn
							ξ Hya	青丘五	Qīngqiūwu	5t starn
							ο Hya	青丘七	Qīngqiūqī	7t starn
				軍門	Jūnmén	Militar Gate	HD 104309	軍門一	Jūnményī	1st starn

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References[eedit | eedit soorce]

↑ "The Chinese Sky". International Dunhuang Project. Archived frae the original on 4 November 2015. Retrieved 25 Juin 2011.
↑ Sun, Xiaochun (1997). Helaine Selin (ed.). Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Kluwer Academic Publishers. p. 517. ISBN 0-7923-4066-3. Retrieved 25 Juin 2011.
↑ (in Cheenese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 5 月 28 日 Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
↑ (in Cheenese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 5 月 29 日 Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
↑ (in Cheenese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 5 月 30 日 Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
↑ (in Cheenese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 5 月 31 日 Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
↑ (in Cheenese) 夢之大地 @ 國立成功大學 WebBBS DreamLand @ National Cheng Kung University WebBBS System Archived 2011-09-02 at the Wayback Machine
↑ (in Cheenese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 22 日 Archived 2021-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
↑ the starn is actually locatit in the constellation Hydra

Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]

"Star Chairts an Muin Stations" Archived 2012-12-05 at Archive.today
The Red Bird o the Sooth Archived 2012-12-08 at Archive.today

[1] "The Chinese Sky". International Dunhuang Project. Archived frae the original on 4 November 2015. Retrieved 25 Juin 2011.

[2] Sun, Xiaochun (1997). Helaine Selin (ed.). Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Kluwer Academic Publishers. p. 517. ISBN 0-7923-4066-3. Retrieved 25 Juin 2011.

[sb1-3] (in Cheenese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 5 月 28 日 Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine

[sb2-4] (in Cheenese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 5 月 29 日 Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine

[sb3-5] (in Cheenese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 5 月 30 日 Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine

[sb4-6] (in Cheenese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 5 月 31 日 Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine

[7] (in Cheenese) 夢之大地 @ 國立成功大學 WebBBS DreamLand @ National Cheng Kung University WebBBS System Archived 2011-09-02 at the Wayback Machine

[sb5-8] (in Cheenese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 22 日 Archived 2021-02-25 at the Wayback Machine

[9] the starn is actually locatit in the constellation Hydra

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