Astronomy in China

clock with special mechanisms and dials to display astronomical information

Astronomy as practiced in historical China

non-fiction work by Shen Kuo

a term in Chinese astronomy where a star which has suddenly appeared in a place where no star had previously been observed and becomes invisible again after some time

In the Chinese zodiac, it refers to a star which moves reversely against to Jupiter. Later it has been seen as personal gods.

star system in the constellation Draco

ancient Chinese time unit, 12 double-hour periods

star atlas from ancient Chinese astronomy, dated to the Tang dynasty (618–907)

Portuguese Jesuit missionary in China (1574–1659)

Swiss sinologist, officer in the French Navy and historian of astronomy (1866-1925)

Overview of Chinese records of comets

supreme Deity in Chinese religion and mythology

The Qintianjian (), commonly translated as the Imperial Astronomical Bureau or Directorate of Astronomy, was the official institution of the Chinese imperial state responsible for astronomical observation, calendar production, timekeeping, and the interpretation of celestial and cosmological phenomena on behalf of the emperor. The bureau and its predecessor institutions served these functions across successive Chinese dynasties from antiquity until the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1912.

Chinese Poem

ancient Chinese astronomy manuscript

thumb|A silk manuscript of the Wuxingzhan, from the Hunan Museum The Wuxingzhan (五星占), translated to English as the Prognostications of the Five Planets, is a 170 BCE text on astronomy and astrology found in Mawangdui tomb, near Changsha, Hunan. The text was compiled around the Han Dynasty period in China. Thought to be lost, the text was rediscovered during the 1970s.