Station_4_Chinese

Questions 1. What were some of the purposes of Chinese astronomy? 2. What were some of the differences between Indo-European astronomy and Chinese astronomy? 3. How did the Chinese plot their constellations? How did this differ from the western cultures? 4. What are some of the earliest recordings of Chinese astronomy? What sorts of things did these writings include? 5. Describe how the Chinese developed their calendar? 6. What kinds of phenomena did the Chinese astronomers record? 7. What tools did they develop to help them? 8. What interesting information did you learn from this station?