Mysteryof Japan's ancient star chart solved: Constellations painted on tomb ceilingmap how stars would have looked in CHINA in 65 BC
日本古代星图之谜破解：坟墓天花板上所描绘的星座反映了公元前65年的中国星空
An ancient star chart meticulously carved into the ceiling of an ancient Japanese tomb may in fact show how the night sky once appeared over China.
日本一座古墓的天花板上所描绘的古代星宿可能反映了当时中国夜空的样子。
By plotting the location and relative sizes of stars in the chart, researchers believe it shows how the constellations looked above the Chinese city of Luoyong in around 65 BC.
研究人员对星图上星星的位置和相对大小进行了研究，他们认为这张星图表现的是公元前65年中国洛阳的星空。
It is not fully understood why a map depicting the night sky dating back to the 1st century BC would have been used as the tomb itself dates back to the 7th century AD.
这座日本古墓建于公元7世纪，所以人们不明白的是为什么要在这座古墓里画上一张展现公元前1世纪时期夜空景象的星图。

The Kitora Tomb is a 7th century 'tumulus', or a raised mound above a grave, inthe village of Asuka, Japan. In Japanese, it is known as a kofun.
这座7世纪时期的古墓叫做木寅墓（Kitora Tomb），位于日本飞鸟村。
It was discovered in 1983 and probes inserted into the tomb over the past 20years have discovered images of Genbu, dubbed Black Tortoise of the North, onthe North wall, Byakko or White Tiger of the West, Seiryuu, The Azure Dragon ofthe East and the Red Bird of the South, or Suzaku.
这座古墓发现于1983年，在这个古墓进行了20年的研究后，研究人员在墓穴的四个墙壁上分别发现了青龙白虎朱雀玄武的图像，代表四个方向。
Theseprobes also spotted a series of paintings of stars and constellation, as wellas several ‘moon stations’ or Sei Shuku on the ceiling.
还发现了有关星宿和星星的一系列图画，在天花板上还发现了月亮的位置。
Similar paintings were found in the Takamatsu Zuka Kofun, another tumulus foundin Asaka.
在朝霞市所发现的另一个Takamatsu Zuka古墓里，也找到了类似的图画。
However, unlike the square charts in Takamatsu Zuka, the chart in Kitoraconsists of an inner circle marking stars, circles marking the celestialequator and ecliptic, and an outer circle marking the horizon line.
然而，不像Takamatsu Zuka古墓里所发现的正方形图表，木寅墓里所发现的图表里包含了一个代表星星的内圈，代表天体赤道和黄道的多个圈圈，以及一个代表地平线的外圈。
Thereare 68 constellations in total, and these concentric circles are painted aroundthe Pole Star in the centre.
总共有68个星座，这些同心圆圈围绕着居中的北极星描绘。

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