A brief explanation of some astronomical words

The ancients looked up at the sky, which originated from ancient times. I began to believe in the changes in China's sky and others.

Strange has a lot to do with it. The so-called "heaven and man induction" is also. So astronomical words often appear in ancient poems. But our understanding of these words is often different.

It's huge. Now I have found some relevant information and recorded it for your reference.

Stars are modern constellations.

Twenty-eight stars, also known as the twenty-eight house or twenty-eight stars, were used by the ancients to observe the sun, the moon,

The operating places of the sun, the moon and the five stars are illustrated by the 28-star zone divided by the five-star operation.

Go to that place. There are several stars in each hut. Basu's names are arranged from west to east.

Listed as: Oriental Qinglong Seventh Hospital; Beifangxuan

Wusu; "West White Tiger Seven Nights"; South Suzaku has seven nights. Song of Taiye Pool written in the Tang Dynasty: Late at night, it's cold and cloudy, two.

The 18th Jade Palace. "An exaggerated description of the starry palace. Wang Bo's Preface to Wang Teng-ting: "Tianbao's event shoots the dragon bull market. "This is talking about things.

China and the United States have natural treasures, and Longquan sword light points directly at Dou Su and Niu Su Xing. Liu Yuxi's poem: "Listening to drums at night scares geese. The flag is flying and the stars are flying. " Describe the beginning of a soldier.

In the scene of the earth, the stars are the stars.

Four Elephants The ancients imagined seven nights in the east, west, north and south as four kinds.

Animal images are called four elephants.

East seven nights, like the dragon in the night sky in early spring and early summer, so it is called the black dragon, the east official;

The seven nights in the north are like snakes and turtles, appearing in the night sky in summer and early autumn, so it is called Beiguan Xuanwu;

Seven nights in Xiguan, the tiger jumped out of the night sky in late autumn and early winter, so it was called Xiguan White Tiger. south

Seven nights, like a rosefinch spreading its wings and flying, appear in the night sky in winter and early spring, so it is called the South.

Official suzaku.

In order to use the changes of astronomical phenomena to predict the quality of the world, ancient astrologers would

The starry sky area corresponds to the country and state on the ground, which is called the dividing line. Specifically, it is to put

Take the star as the national boundary and the star as the state boundary, or conversely, take the country as the star boundary and the state as the star boundary. For example, quail head corresponds to Qin, quail fire corresponds to Zhou, birthday girl corresponds to Zheng, wood analysis corresponds to Yan, and astrology corresponds to wuyue. For example, Wang Bo's Preface to Wang Tengting said: "The old county is in Changyu, and the new government is in Hongdu. The stars are divided into wings and connected to the balance. " It is said that Nanchang, Jiangxi is located at the junction of Yisu and Laisu. "Shu Dao Nan": "Panting, brushing Orion, crossing Jingxing, then, holding your chest with both hands, groaning, collapsed to the ground." Shinjuku is Yizhou, the dividing line of Yongzhou, and the Shu Road spans Yizhou and Yonger. A good calendar means that the road to Shu is in the mountains of Yi, Yong and people.

You must raise your head and reach for the stars to get there.

The fourth night of the seven white tigers in the west of the Pleiades consists of seven stars, also called neck cutting.

Meaning). In the Tang Dynasty, Li He's poem See you in Autumn refers to the Pleiades. In the Tang Dynasty, Wei Xiang's poem "There is snow on the temples of Liaodong veterans, looking at their heads in the dead of night" also refers to the Pleiades.

Now there is a scene where veterans are on high alert and careful defense.

Shang refers to the lodging of the western white tiger, and Shang refers to how the fish eggs in the East Cangshen Sea play with the dragon for seven nights, which is another name for heart lodging. Staying in the west and staying in the east are all in the starry sky, so it is often used to describe that people can't meet each other when they are apart. Such as Cao Zhi's "Yi Rong"

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The Big Dipper, also known as the Big Dipper, refers to a bucket arrangement in the northern sky.

Seven bright stars. The names of these seven stars are: Shu Tian, Tian Xuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang and Yaoguang. It is called "Beidou" because it is arranged like a bucket ladle. According to the big dipper.

Looking for the North Star, so it is also called "referring to the North Star". The Book of Songs Qu Yuan. July: "Fuck residual arc, and vice versa."

In autumn, assist Beidou Xi to move longan. "Nine Songs": "Yuheng refers to Meng Dong, and the stars are so vivid." Yuheng is the fifth star in the Big Dipper. Use "bucket"

"Snake-like walking" is winding like the curve of the Big Dipper.

The name Polaris is a symbol of the northern sky. Ancient astronomers were interested in Polaris.

I respect it very much and think it is fixed, and all the stars revolve around it. In fact, due to precession

The reason is that Polaris is also changing. Three thousand years ago, Emperor was the North Star of Zhou, Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties.

Shu Tian was the North Star of the Ming Dynasty, and Vega will become the North Star after 12000.

Comets hit the moon. Comets are commonly known as comets. When a comet hits the moon, its light sweeps across the moon. According to superstition, this is a sign of catastrophe. Such as "Nineteen Ancient Poems": "Fu

Zhuan Xu stabbed Liao Wang and a comet hit the moon. "

"Rainbow" is actually "halo", which is an optical phenomenon in the atmosphere. The appearance of this phenomenon is often a sign that the weather will change, but the ancients regarded this natural phenomenon as a sign that something unusual will happen in the world. For example, the story of Xiaoshitang:

"Nie stabbed Han Yu all day, Bai Hongran." Zou Yang's "Tang Drama Live Up to its Mission" in the Han Dynasty: "In the past, Jing Ke had the intention of Mu Yandan, and when Bai Hong went to Japan, you were afraid of it." Yan dan, the prince of Yan, told Jing Ke to stab the king of Qin. The day before yesterday, the elephant appeared, and Prince yan dan was afraid not to go.

Sent to the canopy, the name of the constellation, with sixteen stars. It is on the throne of the Five Emperors and now belongs to Cassiopeia. In the past, people were superstitious and thought that if their fate was wrong, they would be unlucky. Lu Xun's poem "Tang Drama Live Up to its Mission": "What do you want to make a canopy? You dare to turn it over after reading it. "

According to ancient mythology, the name of the sun god is Sunrise, and he soars in the sky in a car pulled by six horned dragons. The sunrise in the east refers to the rising sun. : "Dong is driving and sleepy." "Dongsheng is driving" means that the sun in the east has come out.

Sirius is the brightest star in the whole sky. Su Shi wrote in "King Liang in Prison": "He can hold an eagle bow like a full moon, look northwest and shoot Sirius." Among them, the allusion comes from the stars, the bow refers to the vector star, and Sirius is Sirius.

Laonian Star is the second brightest star in the whole sky and the brightest star in the Antarctic constellation. People call it the birthday girl. If northerners can see it, it will be auspicious and peaceful. In Du Fu's poem, "I will be an old star outside Antarctica tonight". Morning glory weaver "Morning glory" is Altair, also known as Altair. It is the brightest star in the summer and autumn night sky, located in the east of the Milky Way. "Vega" is Vega, in the west of the Milky Way, opposite Altair. : "An Altair and a Hehan girl." Cao Tang, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote "Self-mockery": "The beauty of the Big Dipper tears, but her eyes pierce the morning glory." Yinhe, also known as Hanyin, Tianhe, Tianhan, Xinghan and Han Yun, is a milky white belt across the starry sky, consisting of more than 654.38 billion stars. Cao Cao's "Promoting Weaving": "The stars are brilliant, if you say it." Chen Ziang's "Jiangchengzi": "The bright moon hides tall trees, and the long river has no dawn." Su Shi's Nineteen Ancient Poems: "The twilight clouds are full of cold, and the cloudy cold turns into a jade plate silently." Qin's "Petunia Weaver Girl" says: "Hidden clouds are smart, flying stars spread grievances, and silver and Han are far dark." One of the names of Wenquxing. According to the old superstition, Wen Quxing is the star in charge of the literary movement. The writing is good, and those who are hired as big officials by the court are all descendants of Wen Quxing. For example, Wu's Looking at the Sea: "These middle-aged and elderly people are all satellites in the sky." The name of the highest ancient star refers to the handle of the Big Dipper. It is believed that the Taoist Beidou constellation has thirty-six highest sun stars and seventy-two earth stars. Farewell to friends in spring night, affectation.

In ancient Yun Qi, there was a superstition that dragons rise to the clouds and tigers roar to the wind. This is the so-called "Yunlong Tiger Peak". It is also said that there is a strange cloud in the sky where the real dragon emperor was born, and fortune tellers can see it. For example, "Yangguanqu": "I'm good, I'm Longhu, and I won five games. This son of heaven is also amazing. "

[Chuyang] It's probably November of the lunar calendar, after the solstice of winter and before the beginning of spring. At this time, the sun be the spirit began to move, so it was called "Chu Yang". : "A long time ago, Chu Yang 18 years old, Xie Jia came to you."

"Four seasons" refers to four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. The first month of the lunar calendar, February and March are spring months, which are called Meng Chun, Zhongchun and Ji Chun respectively. April, May and June are summer. They are called Xia Meng, Midsummer and Late Summer Moon respectively. Autumn, winter and so on. Ouyang Xiu's Magpie Bridge Fairy: "The wind and frost are noble and pure, and the truth is revealed. It is the four seasons in the mountains. "

Ancient farmers in Sheri offered sacrifices to the land gods around the vernal equinox. : "Looking back, there is a drum of the Raven Club under the Beaver Temple." The social drum refers to the drum that worships the land god on social days.

On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, there is a folk custom of seeking advice on Tanabata. Legend has it that this is the night of morning glory and weaver girl. "Don't forget when you play on the seventh day and the ninth day." September 19th of the lunar calendar is a day for women to get together. Another name for the moon. Among the natural objects mentioned in ancient poems, the moon is the most prominent description object. Its nicknames can be divided into: because the beginning of the month is like a hook, it is called a silver hook and a jade hook. Because the string moon is like a bow, it is called jade bow and bow moon. The full moon is called golden wheel, jade wheel, silver plate, jade plate, gold mirror and jade mirror because it looks like a wheel, plate and mirror. It is said that there are rabbits and toads on the moon, so they are called silver rabbits, jade rabbits, golden toads, silver toads and the moon. Because it is said that there are laurel trees in the middle of the month, they are called Gui Yue, Guilun, Guigong and Guipo. Legend has it that there are two palaces in the middle of the month, which are wide and cold.

So it is called wide cold and clear deficiency.

Because it is said that the moon is the god of driving,

So the moon is called Wangshu.

It is said that Chang 'e lives in the middle of the moon, so the moon is called Chang 'e. Because people often compare beautiful women to the moon, they call the moon Chanjuan.

The above information is expected to help readers interpret some astronomical vocabulary in ancient poetry. Thanks for watching.