Willow constellation
One of the 28 Chinese lunar mansions, part of the Vermilion Bird (朱雀) group. Used in traditional East Asian astronomy and astrology.
The Willow is one of the 28 mansions and forms part of the Vermilion Bird.
senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem
red-light district; pleasure quarters
willow twig
beautiful eyebrows; lovely eyebrows
Chinese tamarisk; Tamarix chinensis
purple willow · delicate constitution; infirmity
Liujiang man
beefwood; Australian pine; Casuarina equisetifolia
red-light district; pleasure quarter
beautiful spring scenery · red-light district
red blossoms and green willows; beautiful spring scenery; natural beauty
beautiful spring scenery
From Chinese astronomical tradition; the character 柳 means 'willow' and was assigned to this constellation in the ancient Chinese system of lunar mansions.