Well (Chinese constellation)

Jǐng Xiù map

The Well mansion (井い宿やど, pinyin: Jǐng Xiù ; Japanese: chichiri-boshi) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is part of the southern mansions associated with the Vermilion Bird, one of the Four Symbols of Chinese astronomy. The Well mansion is located in the constellation Gemini in Western astronomy and includes: Mu Geminorum (Tejat Posterior) - 井い宿やど (Jǐng Xiù yī), the first star of Well, Nu Geminorum - 井い宿やど二に(Jǐng Xiù èr), Xi Geminorum - 井い宿やど三さん (Jǐng Xiù sān), Epsilon Geminorum (Mebsuta) - 井い宿やど四よん (Jǐng Xiù sì), Zeta Geminorum (Mekbuda) - 井い宿やど五ご (Jǐng Xiù wǔ), Lambda Geminorum - 井い宿六やどろく (Jǐng Xiù liù), Kappa Geminorum - 井い宿やど七なな (Jǐng Xiù qī), Iota Geminorum - 井い宿やど八はち (Jǐng Xiù b)

Asterisms

English name	Chinese name	European constellation	Number of stars
Well	井い	Gemini	8
Battle Axe	鉞	Gemini	1
South River	南河みなみかわ	Canis Minor	3
North River	北河きたがわ	Gemini	3
Celestial Wine Cup	天てん樽だる	Gemini	3
Five Feudal Kings	五ご諸侯しょこう	Gemini	5
Accumulated Water	積水せきすい	Auriga	1
Pile of Firewood	積せき薪たきぎ	Gemini	1
Irrigation Official	水府すいふ	Orion	4
Water Level	水位すいい	Canis Minor/Cancer	4
Four Channels	四よん瀆	Monoceros/Gemini	4
Market for Soldiers	軍ぐん市し	Canis Major	6
Wild Cockerel	野の雞	Canis Major	1
Grandfather	丈人たけと	Columba	2
Son	子こ	Columba	2
Grandson	孫まご	Columba	2
Palace Gate	闕丘	Monoceros	2
Celestial Wolf	天てん狼おおかみ	Canis Major	1
Bow and Arrow	弧こ矢や	Canis Major/Puppis	9
Old Man	老人ろうじん	Carina	1