Beliefs+related+to+astronomy+-+China


 * Some influences of Indian astronomy reached China with the expansion of Buddhism during the later Han Dynasty.
 * Believed Yin and Yang had a handle on occurances and discoveries in the sky.
 * Created a continuous thread between man and the universe by combining basic concepts of Taoism and Confucianism.
 * Named their 283 constellations after whatever was in front of them, while the Greeks were naming after God's and Heroes. They named things natural because the Chinese were very involved with everything being related to nature and the natural world.
 * No supernatural names or characteristics were associated with stars.