phoenix
Phoenix, also known as "Phoenix Emperor", is also known as Phoenix Bird, Danbird, Firebird, Stork Chicken, Tortoise, etc. , a combination of birds and beasts in ancient Chinese myths and legends, is divided into male and female, the male is "phoenix" and the female is "phoenix".
According to Shan Hai Jing, the two birds of Phoenix look like ordinary chickens with colorful feathers. The patterns on their heads are in the shape of German characters, the patterns on their wings are in the shape of righteousness, and the patterns on their backs are in the shape of ceremony.
The pattern on the chest is "benevolence" and the pattern on the abdomen is "letter". According to Kan Jin Wen Ji: "Yu Jia was born in Yinglong and Ying Long was born in Phoenix", we can know that the ancestor of Phoenix is Ying Long.
Knowledge expansion:
In the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the phoenix was regarded as a divine bird. Therefore, carving phoenix patterns on jade articles and Shang and Zhou bronzes highlights the ruler's concept of "destiny". The phoenix characters in Oracle Bone Inscriptions and inscriptions on bronze also fully show this feature. The phoenix pattern at this time is completely the mystery and artistic exaggeration of birds.
During the Warring States period, a hundred schools of thought contended and the new economy flourished. The phoenix pattern has taken on a new look, and it has become graceful, charming and graceful.
In the pre-Qin period, there was an allusion that "the mysterious bird was born in heaven, and the business was born in heaven". At the same time, there was a saying of "Qishan in Feng Ming" in the early Zhou Dynasty. Bird totem worship is mostly associated with sun worship. As we all know, the three-legged sun was originally a "sunny bird in the sun". As a symbol of chinese heritage, the golden ornaments of "Sun God Birds" in Jinsha, Sichuan Province are also the shapes of four God Birds flying around the sun.
During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the formal features of phoenix patterns were further developed on the basis of the Han Dynasty. Because of the prevalence of Buddhism at that time, the image of phoenix bird was injected with new spiritual concepts. Modern Phoenix culture is mainly embodied in a large number of folk handicrafts, such as blue calico, embroidery, flower picking, folk wood carving, stone carving, brick carving, folk paper cutting and so on.