Suzaku, also known as "Suzaku", looks like a phoenix and is the god of the south in ancient mythology. Because of its bird-like shape, location in the south, and fire attribute, it often appears in the shape of a phoenix in the game. But in fact, the Suzaku and the Phoenix are two different creatures. The Phoenix is ??the king of birds, while the Suzaku is the spiritual beast of the sky. It is rarer, nobler and more destructive than the Phoenix. In Japanese comics and games, Suzaku appears as a powerful summoned beast or monster, such as the comic "Yu Yu Hakusho" and the game of the same name adapted from the comic.
Suzaku can also be said to be a phoenix or black bird. Suzaku is one of the four spirits. Like the other three spirits, it comes from the stars and is the general name of the seven stars in the south: Well, Ghost, Willow, Star, Zhang, Yi, and Zhen. When I think of it, it's Suzaku. Zhu is red, like fire, and the south belongs to fire, so it is called Phoenix. It also has the property of being reincarnated from the fire, just like the phoenix in the West, so it is also called the Fire Phoenix.
According to records in ancient books, the phoenix is ??a beautiful bird, and with its singing and appearance, it is the king of birds. , has the special spirituality of not eating anything that is not bamboo, and not drinking from springs that are not sweet wine. Since it is the length of the feather insect, the dragon and the scale insect have gradually become a pair in the legend, and one is ever-changing. A person with good virtues becomes a pair that complements each other in folk customs. Moreover, because the dragon symbolizes the Yang, and the phoenix, which originally had yin and yang (the phoenix is ??the male and the female is the phoenix), gradually becomes pure after facing the dragon. Yin represents.
There are many original forms of the phoenix. Such as golden pheasants, peacocks, eagles, swans, black birds (swallows), etc... It is also said that they were transformed into the Buddhist roc Garuda. The phoenix mentioned in the Phoenix myth has the head of a chicken, the chin of a swallow, the neck of a snake, the tail of a fish, and has five-color patterns. There are five kinds of phoenixes, divided by color: red is the phoenix, green is the phoenix, white is the swan, and there are yellow and purple.
The explanation of the black bird comes from the "Book of Songs. Ode to Shang. Xuannio": "The black bird of destiny descended and gave birth to Shang, and its Yin earth shines brightly." The ancient emperor ordered Wutang and Zhengyu to be in all directions. ’, the descendants of the Yin and Shang Dynasties said that their ancestor Qi was born from Xuanniao and established a powerful Shang Dynasty. Therefore, Xuanniao became the founder of merchants. "Historical Records. Yin Benji" also records this period of history: "Yin Qi's mother was called Jian Di, and she had a daughter named Rong Di, who was the emperor's second concubine... The three of them were bathing when they saw a black bird carrying its eggs. Jian Di Di took it and swallowed it, and a contract was born due to pregnancy. ’ In addition to the Yin and Shang Dynasties, the Qin Dynasty during the Warring States Period, the Shizi of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Shizi of Xinluo in Korea were also related to fairies swallowing black bird eggs. Regardless of whether it is a black bird or a phoenix, following the development of Taoism, it was transformed from a bird, peacock, pheasant, etc... first into a half-human, half-bird fairy who taught the art of war to a complete Human fairies all follow the development of Taoism.
In the past, there were three temples dedicated to Xuannv in Beijing, called Jiutian Niangniang Temple and Xuannv Temple. There are also Xuannv temples in the north and south.