Which constellation is the Big Dipper _ Which constellation is the Big Dipper?

Which constellation does the Big Dipper belong to?

1, the Big Dipper is Ursa major.

2. The Big Dipper is an important constellation in the northern hemisphere sky, which consists of seven stars: Shu Tian (greedy wolf), Tian Xuan (giant gate), Tianji (Lucun), Tian Quan (Wen Qu), Yuheng (Lian Zhen), Kaiyang (Wu Qu) and Yaoguang (Pojun). The ancients associated these seven stars together and imagined them as barrels of wine in ancient times, hence the name Beidou.

The Big Dipper is a ruler used by ancient people to set the direction, season and time. The Big Dipper appears in different directions in the sky in different seasons and at different times at night, so the ancients decided the seasons according to the direction pointed by bucket handle when he fainted for the first time: bucket handle points to the east, and the world is spring; Guide to barrel handle, it's summer in the world; Bucket handle refers to the west, and the world is autumn; The barrel handle refers to the north, and it is winter all over the world.