Heavenly Market enclosure
# Heavenly Market enclosure

The Heavenly Market Enclosure (天市垣, Tian Shi Yuan), is one of the San Yuan or Three enclosures. Stars and constellations of this group are visible during late summer and early autumn in the Northern Hemisphere (late winter and early spring in the Southern). The Summer Triangle lies directly to the northeast.

## Asterisms

The asterisms are :

| English name | Chinese name | Number of stars | Western Constellation | Additional notes | Representing |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Left Wall | 天市左垣 | 11 | Hercules / Serpens / Ophiuchus / Aquila | Consists of : Wei region (魏) → 1st star Zhao region (趙) → 2nd star Jiuhe region (九河) → 3rd star Zhongshan region (中山) → 4th star Qi region (齊) → 5th star Wu region and Yue region (吳越) → 6th star Xu region (徐) → 7th star Donghai region (東海) → 8th star Yan region (燕) → 9th star Nanhai region (南海) → 10th star Song region (宋) → 11th star | Eleven cities (star) in the left |
| Right Wall | 天市右垣 | 11 | Serpens / Ophiuchus / Hercules | Consists of : Hezhong region (河中) → 1st star Hejian region (河間) → 2nd star Jin region (晉) → 3rd star Zheng region (鄭) → 4th star Zhou region (周) → 5th star Qin region (秦) → 6th star Shu region (蜀) → 7th star Ba region (巴) → 8th star Liang region (梁) → 9th star Chu region (楚) → 10th star Han region (韓) → 11th star | Eleven cities (star) in the right |
| Municipal Office | 市樓 | 6 | Serpens / Ophiuchus | | Government organization |
| Commodity Market | 車肆 | 2 | Ophiuchus | | Department Store Market |
| Official for the Royal Clan | 宗正 | 2 | Ophiuchus | | Officials in charge of royal affairs |
| Official of Religious Ceremonies | 宗人 | 4 | Ophiuchus | | Royal bulk, or ritualists of the Zhou Dynasty |
| Patriarchal Clan | 宗 | 2 | Hercules | | Imperial consultant |
| Textile Ruler | 帛度 | 2 | Hercules | | Scale, or the cloth market |
| Butcher's Shops | 屠肆 | 2 | Hercules | | Slaughter market |
| Astrologer | 候 | 1 | Ophiuchus | | Official who responsible for observing astronomical phenomena |
| Emperor's Seat | 帝座 | 1 | Hercules | | Refers to the Great Emperor |
| Eunuch Official | 宦者 | 2 | Hercules / Ophiuchus | | Superintendent of the eunuch |
| Jewel Market | 列肆 | 2 | Ophiuchus / Serpens | | Gem and treasure market |
| Dipper for Liquids | 斗 | 5 | Hercules | | The apparatus to take the liquid |
| Dipper for Solids | 斛 | 4 | Hercules / Ophiuchus | | The apparatus to take the solid |
| Coiled Thong | 貫索 | 9 | Corona Borealis | | The civilian population in prison, or rope market |
| Seven Excellencies | 七公 | 7 | Hercules / Boötes | | Seven high rank Government Officials |
| Celestial Discipline | 天紀 | 9 | Hercules / Corona Borealis | | Officials who maintain discipline the world, or to record of livestock |
| Woman's Bed | 女床 | 3 | Hercules | | The emperor's concubines, or bird market, or the name of a mountain |
