Vermilion Bird

The Vermilion bird is ane o the Fower Seembols o the Cheenese constellations. Accordin tae Wu Xing, the Taoist five-elemental seestem, it represents the fire-element, the direction sooth, an the saison simmer correspondingly. Sicweys it is whiles cried the Vermilion bird o the Sooth (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què). It is kent as Zhuque in Cheenese, Suzaku in Japanese, Jujak in Korean an Chu Tước in Vietnamese. It is aften mistaken for the Fenghuang due tae similarities in appearance, but the twa are different creaturs. The Fenghuang (seemilar tae the phoenix in wastren meethologies) are legendary ruler o birds associatit wi the Cheenese Empress in the same wey the draigon is associatit wi the Emperor, while the Vermilion Bird is a meethological spirit creatur o the Cheenese constellations.

 The Seiven Mansions o the Vermilion Bird 
As the ither three Seembols, thare are seiven "mansions", or poseetions, o the muin athin Vermilion Bird. The names an determinative stars are:
 Mansion no.  Name (pinyin)  Translation  Determinative starn 22  井 (Jǐng)  Well  μ Gem 23  鬼 (Guǐ)  Ghost  θ Cnc 24  柳 (Liǔ)  Willow  δ Hya 25  星 (Xīng)  Starn  α Hya 26  張 (Zhāng)  Extendit Net  υ¹ Hya 27  翼 (Yì)  Wings  α Crt 28  軫 (Zhěn)  Chariot  γ Crv

 Natur o the seembol 
The Vermilion bird is an elegant an noble bird in baith appearance an behaviour, it is vera selective in what it eats an whare it perches, wi its feathers in mony different hues o vermilion.

Stars

Fower SeembolsMansion (Cheenese name)RomanizationTranslationAsterisms (Cheenese name)RomanizationTranslationWastren starn nameChinese starn nameRomanizationTranslation Vermilion Bird o the South (南方朱雀)鬼GuǐGhost外廚WàichúOuter Kitchen2 Hya外廚一Wàichúyī1st starn3 Hya / HD 74395外廚二Wàichúèr2nt starn14 Hya外廚三Wàichúsān3rd starn柳LiǔWillow柳LiǔWillow  AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 5 月 28 日 δ Hya柳宿一Liǔsùyī1st starn柳宿距星LiǔsujùxīngSeparatit starn柳宿西头第三星Liǔsuxītoudìsānxīng3rd starn in the upper wast玉井西北星YùjǐngxīběixīngStarn in northwast o Jade Well constellation午WǔThe thong 鹑火星ChúnhuǒxīngThe phoenixσ Hya柳宿二Liǔsùèr2nt starnη Hya柳宿三Liǔsùsān3rd starnρ Hya柳宿四Liǔsùsì4t starnε Hya柳宿五Liǔsùwǔ5t starnζ Hya柳宿六Liǔsùliù6t starnω Hya柳宿七Liǔsùqī7t starnθ Hya柳宿八Liǔsùbā8t starn星XīngStarn星XīngStar  AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 5 月 29 日 α Hya星宿一Xīngsùyī1st starn星宿距星XīngsùjùxīngSeparatit starn星宿中央大星XīngsuzhōngyāngdàxīngBig starn in the centerτ1 Hya星宿二Xīngsùèr2nt starnτ2 Hya星宿三Xīngsùsān3rd starnι Hya星宿四Xīngsùsì4t starn26 Hya星宿五Xīngsùwǔ5t starn27 Hya星宿六Xīngsùliù6t starnHD 82477 & HD 82428星宿七Xīngsùqī7t starn張ZhāngExtendit Net張ZhāngExtended Net  AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 5 月 30 日 υ1 Hya張宿一Zhāngsùyī1st starnλ Hya張宿二Zhāngsùèr2nt starnμ Hya張宿三Zhāngsùsān3rd starnHD 87344張宿四Zhāngsùsì4t starnκ Hya張宿五Zhāngsùwǔ5t starnφ Hya張宿六Zhāngsùliù6t starn翼YìWings翼YìWings  AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 5 月 31 日   夢之大地 @ 國立成功大學 WebBBS DreamLand @ National Cheng Kung University WebBBS System ν Hya翼宿五Yìsùwǔ5t starnHD 100307翼宿十八Yìsùshíbā18t starnHD 96819翼宿十九Yìsùshíjiǔ19t starnχ1 Hya翼宿二十Yìsùèrshí20t starnHD 102620翼宿二十一Yìsùèrshíyī21st starnHD 103462翼宿二十二Yìsùèrshíèr22nt starn軫ZhěnChariot青丘QīngqiūGreen Hill  AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 22 日 β Hya青丘一Qīngqiūyī1st starn土公西星TǔgōngxīxīngStarn in the wast o offeecial for Earthworks an Buildings constellationHD 103596青丘二Qīngqiūèr2nt starn17 Crtthe starn is actually locatit in the constellation Hydra青丘三Qīngqiūsān3rd starnHD 100393青丘四Qīngqiūsì4t starnξ Hya青丘五Qīngqiūwu5t starnο Hya青丘七Qīngqiūqī7t starn軍門JūnménMilitar GateHD 104309軍門一Jūnményī1st starn

 See an aw 
Vermilion
Fower Saunt Beasts (Vietnam)
Suzaku

References

Freemit airtins
 "Star Chairts an Muin Stations" 
 The Red Bird o the Sooth 

Category:Cheenese constellations
Category:Cheenese meethologie
Category:Leegendar birds
Category:Cheenese leegendar craiturs