What are the five great Swiss beasts in ancient China? What is the symbolic significance?

Phoenix, the "King of Birds", is also the most famous auspicious bird in ancient China. The prototype of the chicken in the zodiac is the phoenix, which was originally masculine, also known as the sunbird. It also has the characteristics of being far from fire, so it is also called fire phoenix, just like the immortal birds in the west. Dragons are feminine and represent aquatic animals. Regarding the Han Dynasty, because Liu Bang claimed to be the reincarnation of the white dragon, he described the emperor as the real dragon emperor, and the dragon changed from a negative animal to a positive animal, while the phoenix changed from a positive animal to a negative animal and became a symbol animal of the queen. For thousands of years, Phoenix has been regarded as a symbol of beauty, auspiciousness, kindness, tranquility, virtue, nature, obedience to heaven, respect for human nature, peace and light in the eyes of our people. More metaphors are conjugal love or wishing people a happy marriage. According to ancient books, Phoenix is a beautiful bird, and its singing and manners are the king of birds. It can bring auspicious feelings to the world, and at the same time it has the special spirituality of' don't be an unripe phoenix tree, don't eat bamboo, and don't drink water from a spring'. Because it is the length of feather worm, it gradually becomes a pair with the legendary dragon with the length of scale worm.