What kind of spoon does Big Dipper look like?

The Big Dipper is arranged like a spoon.

The Big Dipper consists of Shu Tian, Tian Xuan, Celestial Pole, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang and Ursa Major. People in ancient China associated these seven stars and imagined them as barrels of wine in ancient times. Shu Tian, Tian Xuan, Tian Ji and Tian Quan formed a bucket body, Gu Yuekui; Yuheng, Kaiyang and Ursa Ursa Eta are composed of bucket handle, which was called gourd ladle in ancient times.

These seven stars are located in the "Ursa major galaxy", which is the most important and easy to observe in the night sky in the north of the earth. The seven bright stars of Ursa major are the Big Dipper. When observing Ursa major, the spoon shape of the Big Dipper is more noticeable than Ursa major itself.

The Big Dipper appears in different directions in the sky in different seasons and at different times at night:

Therefore, the ancients decided the seasons according to the direction pointed by bucket handle when he fainted for the first time: bucket handle pointed to the east, and the world was 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.