What are the 28 stars and what do they stand for?

Twenty-eight stars: Kang Jinlong, Mother Earth Bat, Fangri Rabbit, Xinyue Fox, Tail Fire Tiger, White Water Leopard, Unicorn, Niujinniu, Nyctereute, Virtual Sun Mouse, Fierce Moon Swallow, House Fire Pig, Wall Water Scorpion, Kuimu Wolf, Loujin Dog, Stomach Earth Scorpion, Zanri Chicken, Bi, etc.

In ancient times, the Han people used 28 stars as a symbol to measure the position and movement of the sun, the moon and the moon, so it is not difficult to understand the astronomical phenomena such as "the moon leaves Soapy", "Mars stays in Antares" (that is, Mars stays in Antares) and "Taibai eats the Pleiades" (that is, Venus covers the Pleiades).

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The origin and function of 28 stars;

Twenty-eight hotels originated very early. Originally, it was the 28 groups of stars (or constellations) used by the ancients to observe the running coordinates of the sun, the moon and the five stars. The ancients believed that the positions of constant stars were unchangeable, and they could be used as signs to explain the movements of the sun, the moon and the five stars.

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After long-term observation, the ancients chose 28 stars near the equator of the ecliptic as coordinates. Because they revolve around the sun, the moon and the five stars, they are very similar to the places where the sun, the moon and the five stars live, so they are called twenty-eight lodgings. The ancients also divided twenty-eight lodgings into four palaces, east, south, west and north, with seven lodgings in each palace. Each palace imagines its seven dwellings as an animal, and considers it as "the four souls of heaven and square".

The seven nights of the East Palace Black Dragon are Jiao, Kang, Bian, Fang, Xin, Wei and Ji; The seven nights that Nangong Suzaku belongs to are: well, ghost, willow, star, Zhang, wing and bird; The seven nights that Xigong White Tiger belongs to are: Kui, Lou, Stomach, Ang, Bi, Gou and Shen; Gong Bei Xuanwu (tortoise and snake) belongs to seven nights: fighting, ox, female, emptiness, danger, house and wall. Twenty-eight Hostels are not only the coordinates of the five-star position of the sun, the moon and some of them are the observation objects for the ancients to determine the age and season. For example, when you feel dizzy for the first time, staying in the south is the first month of spring, staying in the south is May in summer, and so on.

Twenty-eight nights revolve around the astronomical phenomena, which are in charge of four astronomical phenomena, namely, east, west, north and south, to divide the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, and the change of yin number. Over time, 28 stars have been given different meanings of good and bad luck, which is another important theoretical basis for the ancients to choose the date.

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