According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Cygnus is located within the northern quadrant of the sky, which is symbolized as the Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ).
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 天鵝座 (tiān é zuò), meaning "the swan constellation".
Stars The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Cygnus area consists of : Four Symbols Mansion (Chinese name) Romanization Translation Asterisms (Chinese name) Romanization Translation Western star name Proper Name Chinese star name Romanization Translation Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武)牛NiúOx輦道NiǎndàoImperial Passageway4 CygIan Ridpath's Startales - Cygnus the Swan輦道四Niǎndàosì 4th star17 Cyg輦道五Niǎndàowu 5th star11 Cyg輦道增三Niǎndàozēngsān 3rd additional star15 Cyg輦道增四Niǎndàozēngsì 4th additional starη CygAlmighzal輦道增五Niǎndàozēngwǔ 5th additional starφ Cyg輦道增六Niǎndàozēngliù 6th additional starβ CygAlbireo輦道增七Niǎndàozēngqī 7th additional star2 Cyg輦道增八Niǎndàozēngbā 8th additional star8 Cyg輦道增九Niǎndàozēngjiǔ 9th additional star女NǚGirl天津TiānjīnCelestial Fordγ Cyg AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 4 日 Sadr天津一Tiānjīnyī 1st star天津西第二星Tiānjīxīdìèrxīng 2nd western starδ Cyg Fawaris (for component A)天津二Tiānjīnèr 2nd star天津西第一星Tiānjīxīdìyīxīng 1st western star30 Cyg天津三Tiānjīnsān 3rd starα Cyg Deneb天津四Tiānjīnsì 4th star天津东第一星Tiānjīdōngdìyīxīng 1st eastern starν Cyg天津五Tiānjīnwu 5th starτ CygEnduri Senggu天津六Tiānjīnliù 6th starυ Cyg天津七Tiānjīnqī 7th starζ CygTianjinnan天津八Tiānjīnbā 8th starε Cyg Aljanah (for component Aa)天津九Tiānjīnjiǔ 9th天津西第三星Tiānjīxīdìsānxīng 3rd western star14 Cyg天津增一Tiānjīnzēngyī 1st additional star19 Cyg天津增二Tiānjīnzēngèr 2nd additional star22 Cyg天津增三Tiānjīnzēngsān 3rd additional star25 Cyg天津增四Tiānjīnzēngsì 4th additional star27 Cyg天津增五Tiānjīnzēngwǔ 5th additional star28 Cyg天津增六Tiānjīnzēngliù 6th additional star29 Cyg天津增七Tiānjīnzēngqī 7th additional star36 Cyg天津增八Tiānjīnzēngbā 8th additional star34 Cyg天津增九Tiānjīnzēngjiǔ 9th additional star40 Cyg天津增十Tiānjīnzēngshí 10th additional star44 Cyg天津增十一Tiānjīnzēngshíyī 11th additional star42 Cyg天津增十二Tiānjīnzēngshíèr 12th additional star47 Cyg天津增十三Tiānjīnzēngshísān 13th additional star35 Cyg天津增十四Tiānjīnzēngshísì 14th additional star39 Cyg天津增十五Tiānjīnzēngshíwǔ 15th additional star41 Cyg天津增十六Tiānjīnzēngshíliù 16th additional star48 Cyg天津增十七Tiānjīnzēngshíqī 17th additional star49 Cyg天津增十八Tiānjīnzēngshíbā 18th additional star52 Cyg天津增十九Tiānjīnzēngshíjiǔ 19th additional star69 Cyg天津增二十六Tiānjīnzēngèrshíliù 26th additional star70 Cyg天津增二十七Tiānjīnzēngèrshíqī 27th additional starσ Cyg天津增二十八Tiānjīnzēngèrshíbā 28th additional star61 Cyg天津增二十九Tiānjīnzēngèrshíjiǔ 29th additional starλ Cyg天津增三十Tiānjīnzēngsānshí 30th additional star56 Cyg天津增三十一Tiānjīnzēngsānshíyī 31st additional star57 Cyg天津增三十二Tiānjīnzēngsānshíèr 32nd additional star55 Cyg天津增三十三Tiānjīnzēngsānshísān 33rd additional starω² Cyg天津增三十四Tiānjīnzēngsānshísì 34th additional starο² Cyg天津增三十七Tiānjīnzēngsānshíqī 37th additional starο1 Cyg天津增三十八Tiānjīnzēngsānshíbā 38th additional star奚仲XīzhòngXi Zhongκ Cyg奚仲一Xīzhòngyī 1st starι Cyg奚仲二Xīzhòngyīèr 2nd starθ Cyg奚仲三Xīzhòngsān 3rd star16 Cyg奚仲四Xīzhòngsì 4th star7 Cyg奚仲增一Xīzhòngzēngyī 1st additional star20 Cyg奚仲增二Xīzhòngzēngèr 2nd additional star26 Cyg奚仲增三Xīzhòngzēngsān 3rd additional star33 Cyg奚仲增四Xīzhòngzēngsì 4th additional starHD 189276奚仲增五Xīzhòngzēngwǔ 5th additional star23 Cyg奚仲增六Xīzhòngzēngliù 6th additional star危WēiRooftop臼JiùMortarμ1 Cyg AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 6 日臼一Jiùyī1st star車府ChēfǔBig Yard for Chariotsρ Cyg車府四Chēfǔsì 4th star59 Cyg車府五Chēfǔwǔ 5th starξ Cyg車府六Chēfǔliù 6th star74 Cyg車府七Chēfǔqī 7th star51 Cyg車府增一Chēfǔzēngyī 1st additional star60 Cyg車府增二Chēfǔzēngèr 2nd additional star63 Cyg車府增三Chēfǔzēngsān 3rd additional star75 Cyg車府增五Chēfǔzēngwǔ 5th additional star77 Cyg車府增六Chēfǔzēngliù 6th additional star76 Cyg車府增七Chēfǔzēngqī 7th additional star72 Cyg車府增八Chēfǔzēngbā 8th additional star室ShìEncampment騰蛇TéngshéFlying Serpentπ2 Cyg AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 7 日螣蛇三Téngshésān 3rd starπ1 CygAzelfafage螣蛇四Téngshésì 4th star
See also Traditional Chinese star names Chinese constellations
References
External links Cygnus – Chinese associations 香港太空館研究資源 中國星區、星官及星名英譯表 天象文學 台灣自然科學博物館天文教育資訊網 中國古天文 中國古代的星象系統