What are the names of the seven stars of the Big Dipper?

The names of these seven bright stars are: Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, and Shaoguang. The first four stars are called "Doukui", also known as "Xuanji"; The last three stars are called "bucket ladle" and "bucket handle".

The Big Dipper is:

One day pivot, two days of Xuan, three days of Ji, four days of power, five Yuheng, six Kaiyang, seven shaking light.

Kaiyang is actually two stars, which cannot be distinguished by ordinary telescopes, and can only be distinguished by spectrophotometers, so it is also called a spectrophotometer.

Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, and Shaoguang.

The Big Dipper is composed of the seven stars of Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, and Yaoguang.

The Big Dipper starts from the top of the bucket body and ends at the end of the bucket handle, and is named in order, Ancient Chinese astronomers called them Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, and Yaoguang. From the "Tianxuan" through the "Tianshu" outward a straight line, about 5 times longer, you can see a star as bright as the Big Dipper, which is the North Star.

The Big Dipper is composed of the seven stars of Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, and Shaoguang. The ancient Han people associated these seven stars and imagined them as the bucket shape of scooping wine in ancient times.

The Big Dipper is part of the constellation Ursa Major, and graphically, the Big Dipper is located on the back and tail of the Ursa Major. Six of these seven stars are of 2nd magnitude and one is of 3rd magnitude. Through the connection of the two stars in the bucket mouth, it is extended about 5 times in the direction of the bucket mouth, and the North Star is found.

Depending on the season, the position of the Big Dipper in the night sky in the first half of the night is also different. Therefore, the ancient people of our country determined the seasons according to the change of its position.

The Big Dipper appears in different directions in the sky at different times in different seasons and nights, so the ancients decided the season according to the direction pointed by the bucket handle at the beginning and dusk: the bucket handle points to the east, and the world is spring; Bucket handle guide, the world is summer; The bucket handle points to the west, and the world is autumn; The bucket handle points to the north, and the world is winter.

Origin of the name of the Big Dipper:

The name Big Dipper originated in the third dynasty of the Xia Shang dynasty. The meaning of the Big Dipper is the starry star of the northern sky, to show that it is different from the south. On the southern ecliptic, there is also the Southern Dipper, also known as the Dousu, which is one of the twenty-eight Nakshatras.

It has been found that the bucket of the wine in the three dynasties is different from the bucket of measuring rice that only appeared in the Qin and Han dynasties, and the bucket of measuring rice is distributed in the Tianshi wall.

The names and meanings of the Big Dipper are:

1. Tianshu. The "Greedy Wolf Star" ancient books call it "Killing Star" and "Peach Blossom Star". "Kill" is the same as the nature of the seven kills, representing a strong murderous spirit and impulsive personality, and "Peach Blossom" represents popularity, among the fourteen main stars, the greedy wolf is the most versatile and has the most changeable personality.

2, Tianxuan. Giant Gate Star was called "Dark Star" in ancient times, and it has a very special status in the negative star group, with an upright personality and outspokenness.

3. The sky is not chongji wide bucket.

Lu Cun, the third star of the Big Dipper, from the name Lu Cun, it seems that it is related to money.

4. Heavenly power. Wenqu is a symbol of ingenuity, focusing on poetry and songs, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, etc., and the perceptual connotation of life is more substantial.

5. Yuheng. The ancient book of "Lian Zhenxing" called it "Killing Star" and "Prisoner Star", and "Killing" is the same as the Seven Killings, representing personality impulses; The word "prisoner" represents arrogance, regardless of bowing his head, often drawing the ground and limiting himself, insisting on going his own way, among the fourteen main stars, the most arrogant and the most violent personality.

6. Kaiyang. Wuqu is the third star in the leadership type, and between his gestures, he lacks the imperial spirit of Ziwei and Tianfu, but he is calmer than Tianxiang. The eyes are firm and kind, the tone is powerful, the movements are agile, the activity is strong, everything is worried, the order is neat, and the demeanor is calm and majestic.

7. Shake the light. "Broken Army Star" sounds very destructive, and it is easy for people to think that this star is not good, but this is also the purpose of the original creator, to point out the distinctive characteristics of the personality of the broken army star.

The Big Dipper refers to the seven stars of Ursa Major, Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, and Shaking Light.

The Big Dipper appears in different directions in the sky at different times in different seasons and nights, so the ancients decided the season according to the direction pointed by the bucket handle at the beginning and dusk: the bucket handle refers to the east, and the world is spring; The bucket handle refers to the south, and the world is summer; The bucket handle refers to the west, and the world is autumn; The north finger of the bucket handle, the world is winter.

The rotation of the Big Dipper corresponds to the observation of one day, one month, and one year on the earth, and the space of the 12 houses is divided into 12 houses such as the North Celestial Pole Center, and the Big Dipper rotates around it, and its monthly, daily, and hourly celestial phenomena, such as the hour hand, minute hand, and second hand of the same clock, and the solar daily, yearly, moon daily, monthly, and monthly periodic changes of the celestial phenomena also have the role of the clock calendar.

Through the regularity and cycle of the sun, moon, and the Big Dipper, the ancients abstracted the calendar of the ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches.