Phoenix can bring happiness and auspiciousness to people, and naturally it also includes the happiness of love. It can be seen that the phoenix has the meaning of symbolizing love. Later, it was used by people to congratulate a happy marriage and to compare the harmony between husband and wife.
2. Symbol of peace
Phoenix is an auspicious bird in people's minds and a symbol of world peace. The ancients believed that in times of peace and prosperity, a phoenix flew in, and the windy Oracle Bone Inscriptions was the same as the phoenix's Oracle Bone Inscriptions, implying the omnipresence and spiritual strength of the wind.
3. Symbol of power
In the pre-Qin period, the pattern of phoenix appeared on jade and bronze, which was a symbol of power. Later, it gradually became the exclusive decoration of the royal family, appeared on various palace buildings and utensils, and was maintained in the form of etiquette.
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Nine sons of Phoenix
The first suzaku
As everyone knows, Suzaku often appears in some fairy tales. It is one of the four great beasts. It is also the most similar to the phoenix in appearance, so some people will regard it as a phoenix. Suzaku is a fire, so it lives in the tropical south all the year round and is regarded as the patron saint of the south.
The second qingluan
There is also a record of Qing Luan in Shan Hai Jing. It is also one of the divine birds. It has been with the Queen Mother of the West for a long time and is responsible for delivering letters.
The third Dapeng
It is evil and can eat many things, but it takes dragons as its staple food, which causes many descendants of dragons to be eaten by it. And the power is particularly high. It is said that I fought with Tathagata for three days and nights before Tathagata defeated it. No wonder I specialize in eating dragons.
The fourth fire phoenix
The legendary fairy bird is also a kind of fairy bird, and Qingluan is a pair of immortals. They are together all their lives, as long as one of them dies. The other will be double suicide.
Di hardware feng
The highest of the nine is clean and proud, mainly in terms of food. It's not that young bamboos don't eat, and it's not that Chinese parasol trees can't last for a thousand years.
Sixth Jiu Feng
It is a symbol of good luck. It grew nine heads, first appeared in Chu State, and was regarded as a divine bird by Chu people at that time.
The seventh peacock
It is the most beautiful of the nine, but it is very cruel. Kong Xuan is the first peacock in the wild world.
The 8th Cai Feng
The symbol of beauty represents the beauty of Phoenix and Phoenix.
Nine-level gale
Is the first of the nine evils, no Dapeng. Gale is not a bird, but has entered the magic road. As for why it is called gale, it is because when its wings spread, it can destroy crops and trees, and finally die under the arrow of Houyi.
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