海山二
Eta Carinae is too far south to be part of the mansion-based traditional Chinese astronomy, but it was mapped when the Southern Asterisms were created at the start of the 17th century. Together with s Carinae, λ Centauri and λ Muscae, Eta Carinae forms the asterism (Sea and Mountain). Eta Carinae has the names Tseen She (from the Chinese 天社 [Mandarin: "tiānshè"] "Heaven's altar") and Foramen. It is also known as (, ).