What is the name of the brightest star in the sky at night?

The brightest star in the sky at night is the morning star.

Venus, also known as Venus, is called "Taibai" or "Taibai Venus" in China. Venus, the first morning star that appears every night. When it appears in the west in the evening, it is also called Chang Geng and Twilight. Because it is bright and can arouse the imagination of ancient China people, there are many legends about it in China.

At dawn, sometimes a particularly bright "morning star" is seen on the eastern horizon. It is not a light source. People call it the "morning star". At dusk, a very bright "evening star" sometimes appears in the afterglow of the west, which is called "Chang Geng Star". These two stars are actually one, namely Venus.

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It sometimes hangs high in the east and sometimes shines in the west, making people unpredictable and giving birth to fear. For Mayans and Aztecs, it was both a metaphor of death and a symbol of resurrection. It's the Aztec god Quezal Koyatel, who can resurrect extinct people with skeletons stolen from the kingdom of death and regenerate them with the blood given by this god.

Among many legends related to Venus, the most legendary one is about Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty. Legend has it that Li Bai was born in an unusual way, but his mother dreamed that Taibai Venus fell into her arms and was born, so she was named Li Bai, with the word Taibai.

Ancient Phoenicians and Jews thought it was the incarnation of the devil and the star of evil. Ancient Mexicans were also afraid of Venus. They always closed the doors and windows at dawn to block its light. They believe that the light of Venus will bring diseases.

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Baidu encyclopedia? Venus (the ancient name of Venus)