Shang Erxing refers to

Ginseng refers to ginseng and quotient, which are different in the starry sky. The ancients used this as a metaphor for opposition, discord, isolation from relatives and friends, inability to meet each other and differences; There is a distance. It is recorded in the ancient book Zuo Zhuan.

Residual star and upper star. Chen Xing is also called Shang Xing, so it is also called "Chen Shen". It refers to Betelgeuse in Xiguan White Tiger's Seven Nights, and refers to Heart Night in Dongguan Black Dragon's Seven Nights, which is another name for Heart Night. Betelgeuse is in the west and the heart is in the east. Two are outside the starry sky and one is outside.

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Canxing: In order to observe the movements of the sun, the moon and the five stars, the ancients in China divided 28 star zones to indicate the positions of the sun, the moon and the five stars. There are several stars every night. Ginseng Star belongs to the Seven Hosts of Xibaihu (Wei Xiao, Lou, Wei, Changmao, Bi, Gou zT and Shen). It belongs to Orion in western astronomy. Betelgeuse, the most famous red Supergiant star, is the first bright star of Orion.

Shangxing is the heart of twenty-eight huts. Also known as "Chen Da", "Fire" and "Longxing". Shang Xing is the guardian star of ancient Yin Shang belief. In ancient times, Gao Xin's family in Di Ku named his eldest son Kui Bo, who was the fire king of Yao Di's Tang Tao family. When taking fire as the discipline, he sacrificed to it, so the merchants took Longxing as the prosperity.

Shangxing and Canxing are about 180 apart in the sky. They rise and fall, and never appear in the sky at the same time. The poem "It is difficult for friends to meet each other like the stars in the morning and evening" written by Du Fu, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, comes from this. Because of its fiery red color, Antares was also called "fire" or "great morning" in ancient China.

The ancients watched Mars very much. They often determine their agricultural activities by the position of fire in the sky, just as the ancient Egyptians predicted the flood of the Nile by observing the position of Sirius in the sky.

In China's ancient masterpiece The Book of Songs, there is a saying that "the fire will flow in July and clothes will be given in September".

The weather turns cold in July of the lunar calendar, and you can see the big Mars falling from the west after dark. It's time to prepare warm clothes in September.

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