Grus in Chinese astronomy


The modern constellation Grus lies across one of the quadrants symbolized by the Black Tortoise of the North, and The Southern Asterisms, that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography.
Constellation Grus in Chinese sky is not fully seen. Alnair and Tiaki are bright stars in this constellation that were possibly never seen in the Chinese sky.
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 天鶴座, meaning "the heaven crane constellation".

Stars

The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Grus area consists of :
Four SymbolsMansion RomanizationTranslationAsterisms RomanizationTranslationWestern star nameChinese star nameRomanizationTranslation
Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武)虛XūEmptiness敗臼BàijiùDecayed Mortar----
Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武)虛XūEmptiness敗臼BàijiùDecayed Mortarγ Gru敗臼一Bàijiùyī1st star
Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武)虛XūEmptiness敗臼BàijiùDecayed Mortarλ Gru敗臼二Bàijiùèr2nd star
-近南極星區 Jìnnánjíxīngōu The Southern Asterisms 鶴HèCrane----
-近南極星區 Jìnnánjíxīngōu The Southern Asterisms 鶴HèCraneα Gru鶴一Hèyī1st star
-近南極星區 Jìnnánjíxīngōu The Southern Asterisms 鶴HèCraneβ Gru鶴二Hèèr2nd star
-近南極星區 Jìnnánjíxīngōu The Southern Asterisms 鶴HèCraneε Gru鶴三Hèsān3rd star
-近南極星區 Jìnnánjíxīngōu The Southern Asterisms 鶴HèCraneη Gru鶴四Hèsì4th star
-近南極星區 Jìnnánjíxīngōu The Southern Asterisms 鶴HèCraneζ Gru鶴六Hèliù6th star
-近南極星區 Jìnnánjíxīngōu The Southern Asterisms 鶴HèCraneι Gru鶴七Hèqī7th star
-近南極星區 Jìnnánjíxīngōu The Southern Asterisms 鶴HèCraneθ Gru鶴八Hèbā8th star
-近南極星區 Jìnnánjíxīngōu The Southern Asterisms 鶴HèCraneρ Gru鶴九Hèjiǔ9th star
-近南極星區 Jìnnánjíxīngōu The Southern Asterisms 鶴HèCraneν Gru鶴十Hèshí10th star
-近南極星區 Jìnnánjíxīngōu The Southern Asterisms 鶴HèCraneδ2 Gru鶴十一Hèshíyī11th star
-近南極星區 Jìnnánjíxīngōu The Southern Asterisms 鶴HèCraneμ1 Gru鶴十二Hèshíèr12th star
-近南極星區 Jìnnánjíxīngōu The Southern Asterisms 鶴HèCraneμ2 Gru鶴增一Hèzēngyī1st additional star
-近南極星區 Jìnnánjíxīngōu The Southern Asterisms 鶴HèCraneδ1 Gru鶴增二Hèzēngèr2nd additional star