Dipper (Chinese constellation)

{{Short description|One of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations}} 350px|thumb|right|South Dipper map 230px|thumb|right|Dǒu Xiù map The '''Dipper''' mansion (斗宿, pinyin: Dǒu Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the northern mansions of the Black Tortoise.<ref name="c032">{{cite book | last=Yap | first=Joey | title=Qi Men Dun Jia: 28 Constellations | publisher=Joey Yap Research Group | date=2015-10-01 | isbn=978-967-0794-54-9 | url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Qi_Men_Dun_Jia_28_Constellations/F4lJDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%2522Dipper%2522+Chinese+constellation+-wikipedia&pg=PA194&printsec=frontcover | access-date=2025-07-25 | page=194}}</ref> In Taoism, it is known as the "Six Stars of the Southern Dipper" (南斗六星, Nándǒu liù xīng), in contrast to the Big Dipper north to this mansion.

==Asterisms== {| class="wikitable" ! English name !! Chinese name !! European constellation !! Number of stars !! Representing |- | Dipper || 斗 || Sagittarius || 6||Shaped like the Big Dipper, also refers temple in the sky or the snake-shaped basalt |- | Establishment || 建 || Sagittarius || 6||Sun, moon and star are related by the city, also refers to the flag |- | Market Officer || 天弁 || Aquila/Scutum || 9||Officials of the market |- | River Turtle || 鱉 || Telescopium/Corona Australis || 11||The river turtles |- | Celestial Cock || 天雞 || Sagittarius || 2||Chicken in the sky, the God's chicken |- | Celestial Keyhole || 天籥 || Ophiuchus/Sagittarius || 8||Locks open and close by the ecliptic |- | Dog Territory || 狗國 || Sagittarius || 4||The territory of the Dog; or the realm of the mythical dog-warrior Panhu |- | Celestial Spring || 天淵 || Sagittarius || 3||Pond in the sky |- | Dog || 狗 || Sagittarius || 2||Guardian dog at the gate |- | Peasant || 農丈人 || Sagittarius || 1||Director of palm farming |}

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