Mǎo

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Mǎo has 39 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 3 references, with 5 live disagreements.

39 facts·29 predicates·3 sources·5 in dispute

Mostly:rdf:type(3), member of(3), serves as warning for(3)

Inbound mentions (9)

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`hasMember`Has Member(2)

28 Lunar Mansions Systemex:28-lunar-mansions-system
Western Palaceex:western-palace

`associatedWith`Associated With(1)

Fire Starex:fire-star

`contains`Contains(1)

Taurusex:taurus

`dateFor`Date for(1)

Chinese Date 2357 Bceex:chinese-date-2357-bce

`hasPart`Has Part(1)

White Tigerex:white-tiger

`involvesWatching`Involves Watching(1)

Astronomical Observationex:astronomical-observation

`knownAs`Known As(1)

Pleiadesex:pleiades

`referencesEntity`References Entity(1)

Shijingex:shijing

Other facts (36)

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36 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Rdf:type	Lunar Mansion	[2]
Rdf:type	Chinese Astronomy Concept	[2]
Rdf:type	Astronomical Object	[3]
Member of	28 Lunar Mansions System	[2]
Member of	Western Palace	[2]
Member of	White Tiger	[2]
Serves As Warning for	prepare winter clothing	[2]
Serves As Warning for	store grain	[2]
Serves As Warning for	attend to seasonal duties	[2]
Marks	agricultural transitions	[2]
Marks	movement of the Moon	[2]
Writing System	昴	[1]
Has Chinese Character	昴	[2]
Has Romanized Name	Mao	[2]
Identified As	Pleiades	[2]
Part of Domain	Chinese Astronomy	[2]
Literal Name Meaning	Hairy Head	[2]
Name Origin Description	evocative description of the cluster's fuzzy, hair-like appearance	[2]
Ordinal Position in Set	18	[2]
Ordinal Position in Palace	5	[2]
Angular Span Degrees	14	[2]
Located in Constellation	Taurus	[2]
Also Known As	The Pleiades	[2]
Position in Constellation	Hairy Head	[2]
Part of	White Tiger	[2]
Has Tradition	chinese	[2]
Era of Record	ancient	[2]
Earliest Record Date	~2357 BC	[2]
Rising Signals	approach of frost and cold	[2]
Rising Time	evening	[2]
Serves As	calendar marker	[2]
Parallels Usage in	Mul Apin	[2]
Heliacal Rising Time	dawn	[2]
Signaled	seasonal transitions	[2]
Likely Same As	Pleiades	[2]
Has Date Claim	Chinese Date 2357 Bce	[3]

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39 undated

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writingSystemastronomy/pleiades-folklore-pan-cultural-overview

昴

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labelchinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

Mǎo

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typechinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

ex:LunarMansion

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hasChineseCharacterchinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

昴

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hasRomanizedNamechinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

Mao

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identifiedAschinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

ex:pleiades

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partOfDomainchinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

ex:chinese-astronomy

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literalNameMeaningchinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

Hairy Head

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nameOriginDescriptionchinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

evocative description of the cluster's fuzzy, hair-like appearance

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ordinalPositionInSetchinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

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memberOfchinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

ex:28-lunar-mansions-system

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ordinalPositionInPalacechinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

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memberOfchinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

ex:western-palace

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angularSpanDegreeschinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

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locatedInConstellationchinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

ex:taurus

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typechinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

ex:ChineseAstronomyConcept

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labelchinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

Mao (昧)

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alsoKnownAschinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

The Pleiades

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positionInConstellationchinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

Hairy Head

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partOfchinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

ex:white-tiger

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hasTraditionchinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

chinese

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eraOfRecordchinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

ancient

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earliestRecordDatechinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

~2357 BC

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risingSignalschinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

approach of frost and cold

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risingTimechinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

evening

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servesAsWarningForchinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

prepare winter clothing

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servesAsWarningForchinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

store grain

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servesAsWarningForchinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

attend to seasonal duties

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servesAschinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

calendar marker

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parallelsUsageInchinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

ex:mul-apin

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markschinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

agricultural transitions

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markschinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

movement of the Moon

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heliacalRisingTimechinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

dawn

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signaledchinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

seasonal transitions

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likelySameAschinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

ex:Pleiades

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memberOfchinese/mao-asterism-white-tiger

ex:white-tiger

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typedeep-time/archaeoastronomy-nebra-mulapin-lascaux

ex:AstronomicalObject

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labeldeep-time/archaeoastronomy-nebra-mulapin-lascaux

mǎo

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hasDateClaimdeep-time/archaeoastronomy-nebra-mulapin-lascaux

ex:chinese-date-2357-bce

References (3)

3 references

[1]Pleiades Folklore Pan Cultural Overview1 fact
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[2]Mao Asterism White Tiger35 facts
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  [Source: Mao (昴) — The Pleiades as the Hairy Head of the White Tiger in Chinese Astronomy — tradition: chinese; era: ancient (earliest record ~2357 BC) through imperial period. Excerpt 3/4. Provenance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_(Chi…
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[3]Archaeoastronomy Nebra Mulapin Lascaux3 facts
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  [Source: Archaeoastronomy of the Pleiades — Nebra Sky Disc, MUL.APIN, and Lascaux — tradition: deep-time; era: ~15,300 BCE (Lascaux claim, contested); ~1600 BCE (Nebra); ~1370 BCE / 700 BCE (MUL.APIN). Excerpt 7/7. Provenance: https://en.wi…
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Member of	28 Lunar Mansions System^[2]
Member of	Western Palace^[2]
Member of	White Tiger^[2]

Mǎo

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