Constellation story 3

Fairy tales about Canis major and Canis minor are in the story of Orion. They are hounds raised by Hunter Olivin. In Canis Canis, it is worth mentioning the famous Sirius.

Sirius is the brightest star in the whole day except the sun. "Homer's Epic" wrote, "Old Priam was the first to see Achilles running fast, flying his legs on the Ye Ping, like the shining star, rising in Ran Ran during the harvest season. The twinkling light is far more brilliant than the stars in the night sky. People call it Orion's dog. It is the brightest among the stars-although it is an unlucky constellation, it brings violent killing and gives it to the troubled mortals. "

Sirius is very important in human history. Ancient Egyptian civilization flourished because of the Nile. Every time the Nile floods, a large number of fertile fields are silted up, which breeds ancient Egyptian civilization and creates the prosperity of ancient Egyptian culture. Therefore, in the eyes of ancient Egyptians, the periodic flooding of the Nile was a gift from God. And whenever Sirius rises on the eastern horizon before sunrise, it is almost equivalent to 10 in July, when the Nile floods. Therefore, Sirius was regarded as a god by the ancient Egyptians, and the day when Sirius rose from the east before sunrise was designated as the beginning of the year, which is also the predecessor of the current "Gregorian calendar".

In ancient China, people also noticed Sirius. In ancient times, Sirius belonged to Su Jing, representing the wild generals in the north, leading the invasion and symbolizing the alien invasion. Therefore, people set up a bow and arrow nine planets in the southeast, aiming at Sirius in the northwest, in order to defend the territory and prevent foreign enemies from invading. Qu Yuan, a famous patriotic poet, wrote in Dong Jun that "Yun Lan was dressed in white and shot Sirius with a long arrow". There is also Su Dongpo's "Jiangchengzi Mizhou Hunting". "The old man talks about juvenile madness, pulling yellow on the left and pale on the right, wearing a golden hat and mink, riding a thousand horses and rolling flat hills. In order to repay the people of the whole city for following my generous hunting proposal, I will shoot this tiger myself like Sun Quan. After drinking wine, my chest is still open and my temples are slightly frosted. What's the harm! When will the emperor send someone down, like Emperor Han sent Feng Tang to the cloud to pardon Shang Wei? I will bow like a full moon, look northwest and shoot Sirius. "

Canis minor, located in the east of Orion. His brightest star is Nanhesan, the eighth brightest star in the whole day. It forms an equilateral triangle with Betelgeuse in Orion and Sirius in Canis Canis, which is very obvious in the winter night sky. Known as the "Winter Triangle".