fenghuang
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Fenghuang ( ) are mythological birds featuring in traditions throughout the Sinosphere. Fenghuang are understood to reign over all other birds: males and females were originally termed feng and huang respectively, but a gender distinction is typically no longer made, and fenghuang are generally considered a feminine entity to be paired with the traditionally masculine Chinese dragon.
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Vinony's link graph records 466 inbound references to fenghuang, and connects out to yin and yang, Standard Chinese and Shan Hai Jing.
Vinony files it under Creatures described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, East Asian legendary creatures and Four Holy Beasts.
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Wikidata facts
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- Fenghuang
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- different from
- phoenix
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Appearance
- Origin
- Etymology
- Symbolism
- Modern usage
- See also
- References
Fenghuang ( ) are mythological birds featuring in traditions throughout the Sinosphere. Fenghuang are understood to reign over all other birds: males and females were originally termed feng and huang respectively, but a gender distinction is typically no longer made, and fenghuang are generally considered a feminine entity to be paired with the traditionally masculine Chinese dragon.
In the West, they are commonly called Chinese phoenixes, although mythological similarities with the Western/Persian phoenix are superficial.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “fenghuang” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.