Twenty-eight mansions

are 28 mansions in Chinese astronomy.

Introduction

Chinese skywatchers divided the sky ecliptic into four regions, each assigned with an animal, they are on the east, on the north, on the west, and on the south. Each region contains seven mansions, making 28 mansions in total, called twenty-eight mansions. The mansions or ''xiù'' are latitudes the Moon crosses during its monthly journey around Earth and serve as a way to track the Moon's progress.



A similar system is used in Hindu astronomy.

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