The official pronunciation of Pleiades is mǎo rì xīng guān.

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Pleiades is one of the twenty-eight constellations. It lives in the Palace of Light in the sky. Its true form is a big rooster six or seven feet tall. His priesthood is "Sichen Ciaoxiao", and his mother is Pilampo Bodhisattva. In "The Romance of the Gods", his original name is Huangcang.

There is a star in the White Tiger Elephant in the West. It is called the "Pleiades" in astronomy and the "Winter Melon Seed Star" among the people. The Pleiades star in "Journey to the West" refers to it. When it appears in the starry sky on a winter night, people with good eyesight can see 7 stars in it, so it is also called the "Seven Sisters".

In Greek mythology, there is a story about seven sisters. After the god Zeus had a private relationship with the beautiful girl Semora, he gave birth to a child. Soon, the Dongchuang Incident happened, and the queen used a poisonous plan to kill Semorai. In his grief, Zeus entrusted his young son to seven fairies to raise him.

These seven fairies were originally the maids of Artemis, the goddess of hunting. Under the careful care of seven fairies, the child grew up to become Dionysus, the god of wine, who was admired by the world. Unexpectedly, his beauty brought misfortune to the seven fairies. The hunter Arion was envious of their beauty and chased them crazily with his hounds.

The seven fairies were so frightened that they ran away in all directions. Zeus thought of their merit in raising Dionysus and turned them into seven doves. In this way, they not only escaped Orion's pursuit, but also flew to heaven and became the seven sisters in the sky.

In China, there is also a story about seven fairies who were envious of the world and came down to earth to be betrothed to Dong Yong. In fact, there are not seven stars in the Pleiades cluster. Looking with a telescope, the number of stars will be greatly increased. There are at least 280 stars in the Pleiades cluster. It is a relatively young open star cluster in the Milky Way, with an age of approximately 50 million years.

Jiaomu Jiao, Kang Jinlong, Female Earth Bat, House Sun Rabbit, Heart Moon Fox, Tail Fire Tiger, Ji Water Leopard, Dou Mu Xie, Ox Taurus, Di Tu Raccoon Dog, Xu Sun Rat, Danger Moon Swallow, Chamber Fire Pig, Bi Water Deer, Kuimu Wolf, Lou Jin Dog, Wei Tu Pig, Pleiades Chicken, Bi Yue Wu, Gou Fire Monkey, Water Ape, Jing Muyan, Ghost Golden Sheep, Liutu Deer , Xingri Horse, Zhang Yuelu, Winged Fire Snake, Zhen Water Earthworm.

The names of these stars have turned into mythical characters and frequently appear in Chinese classical literature, such as Jiaomujiao, Kangjinlong, Weiyueyan, Shihuohu, Pleiadesian chicken, etc. In "Journey to the West", the famous Pleiades Chicken is the incarnation of the Pleiades, and its image is a mighty and majestic big rooster. The names of these constellations have been passed down to this day.