Black Tortoise
The Black Tortoise is ane o the Fower Seembols o the Cheenese constellations. It is whiles cried the Black Warrior o the North (北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ), an is kent as Xuanwu in Cheenese, Genbu in Japanese, Hyeonmu in Korean an Huyền Vũ in Vietnamese. It represents the north an the winter saison. Awtho its name in Cheenese, Xuánwǔ, is aften translatit as Black Tortoise in Scots, it is uisually depictit as baith a tortoise an a snake, specifically wi the snake coilin aroond the tortoise.
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Xuán Wǔ sculptur on the eaves tile | |||||||||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||
Cheenese | 玄武 | ||||||||||||||||
Leeteral meanin | 玄, black or abstruse; 武, martialism | ||||||||||||||||
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Vietnamese name | |||||||||||||||||
Vietnamese alphabet | Huyền Vũ | ||||||||||||||||
Korean name | |||||||||||||||||
Hangul | 현무 | ||||||||||||||||
Hanja | 玄武 | ||||||||||||||||
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Japanese name | |||||||||||||||||
Kanji | 玄武 | ||||||||||||||||
Hiragana | げんぶ | ||||||||||||||||
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The Seiven Mansions o the Black Tortoise
eeditAs the ither three Seembols, thare are seiven "mansions," or poseetions, o the muin athin Black Tortoise. The names an determinative starns are:[1][2]
Mansion no. | Name (pinyin) | Translation | Determinative starn |
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8 | 斗 (Dǒu) | (Soothren) Dipper | φ Sgr |
9 | 牛 (Niú) | Ox | β Cap |
10 | 女 (Nǚ) | Girl | ε Aqr |
11 | 虛 (Xū) | Emptiness | β Aqr |
12 | 危 (Wēi) | Rooftop | α Aqr |
13 | 室 (Shì) | Encampment | α Peg |
14 | 壁 (Bì) | Wall | γ Peg |
Oreegin
eeditIn auncient Cheenae, the tortoise an the snake wur thocht tae be spiritual creaturs seembolisin longevity. Durin the Han Dynasty, fowk aften wore jade pendants that wur in the shape o tortoises. Acause o auncient Cheenese influence on Japan, honorific titles an badges in Japan aften referred tae the tortoise or images o tortoises.
See an aw
eeditReferences
eedit- ↑ "The Chinese Sky". International Dunhuang Project. Archived frae the original on 4 November 2015. Retrieved 25 Juin 2011.
- ↑ 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 25 Juin 2011.
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