White Tiger (mythology)

White Tiger
White Tiger
	Bái Hǔ sculpture on an eaves tile
Chinese name
Chinese	白虎
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Báihǔ
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Baahk fú
Jyutping	Baak6 fu2
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Pe̍h-hó͘
Korean name
Hangul	백호
Hanja	白虎
Revised Romanization
Transcriptions
Revised Romanization	Baekho

The White Tiger (Chinese: 白虎; pinyin: Báihǔ), is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. It is sometimes called the White Tiger of the West (西方白虎; Xīfāng Báihǔ). It represents the west in terms of direction and the autumn season.

It is known as Byakko in Japanese, Baekho in Korean, and Bạch Hổ in Vietnamese.

Seven Mansions edit

As with the other three Symbols, there are seven astrological "Mansions" (positions of the Moon) within the White Tiger. The names and determinative stars are:^[1]^[2]

Mansion no.	Name (pinyin)	Translation	Determinative star
15	奎 (Kuí)	Legs	Eta Andromedae
16	婁 (Lóu)	Bond	Beta Arietis
17	胃 (Wèi)	Stomach	35 Arietis
18	昴 (Mǎo)	Hairy Head	Alcyone
19	畢 (Bì)	Net	Ain
20	觜 (Zī)	Turtle Beak	Meissa
21	參 (Shēn)	Three Stars	Alnitak

References edit

^ "The Chinese Sky". International Dunhuang Project. Archived from the original on 2015-11-04. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
^ Sun, Xiaochun (1997). Helaine Selin (ed.). Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Kluwer Academic Publishers. p. 517. ISBN 0-7923-4066-3. Retrieved 2011-06-25.

[1] "The Chinese Sky". International Dunhuang Project. Archived from the original on 2015-11-04. Retrieved 2011-06-25.

[2] Sun, Xiaochun (1997). Helaine Selin (ed.). Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Kluwer Academic Publishers. p. 517. ISBN 0-7923-4066-3. Retrieved 2011-06-25.

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White Tiger (mythology)

Seven Mansions edit

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References edit