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The Heavenly Market Enclosure (天市垣, Tian Shi Yuan), is one of the San YuanorThree enclosures. Stars and constellations of this group are visible during late summer and early autumn in the Northern Hemisphere (late winter and early spring in the Southern). The Summer Triangle lies directly to the northeast.
The asterisms are :
| English name | Chinese name | Number of stars | Western Constellation | Additional notes | Representing |
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| Left Wall | 天市左垣 | 11 | Hercules / Serpens / Ophiuchus / Aquila | Consists of :
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Eleven cities (star) in the left |
| Right Wall | 天市右垣 | 11 | Serpens / Ophiuchus / Hercules | Consists of :
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Eleven cities (star) in the right |
| Municipal Office | 市樓 | 6 | Serpens / Ophiuchus | Government organization | |
| Commodity Market | 車肆 | 2 | Ophiuchus | Department Store Market | |
| Official for the Royal Clan | 宗正 | 2 | Ophiuchus | Officials in charge of royal affairs | |
| Official of Religious Ceremonies | 宗人 | 4 | Ophiuchus | Royal bulk, or ritualists of the Zhou Dynasty | |
| Patriarchal Clan | 宗 | 2 | Hercules | Imperial consultant | |
| Textile Ruler | 帛度 | 2 | Hercules | Scale, or the cloth market | |
| Butcher's Shops | 屠肆 | 2 | Hercules | Slaughter market | |
| Astrologer | 候 | 1 | Ophiuchus | Official who responsible for observing astronomical phenomena | |
| Emperor's Seat | 帝座 | 1 | Hercules | Refers to the Great Emperor | |
| Eunuch Official | 宦者 | 2 | Hercules / Ophiuchus | Superintendent of the eunuch | |
| Jewel Market | 列肆 | 2 | Ophiuchus / Serpens | Gem and treasure market | |
| Dipper for Liquids | 斗 | 5 | Hercules | The apparatus to take the liquid | |
| Dipper for Solids | 斛 | 4 | Hercules / Ophiuchus | The apparatus to take the solid | |
| Coiled Thong | 貫索 | 9 | Corona Borealis | The civilian population in prison, or rope market | |
| Seven Excellencies | 七公 | 7 | Hercules / Boötes | Seven high rank Government Officials | |
| Celestial Discipline | 天紀 | 9 | Hercules / Corona Borealis | Officials who maintain discipline the world, or to record of livestock | |
| Woman's Bed | 女床 | 3 | Hercules | The emperor's concubines, or bird market, or the name of a mountain |
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| Three Enclosures (三垣) |
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| Four Symbols (四象) and Twenty-Eight Mansions (二十八宿) |
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