Mythological Chinese birds

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.

bird in East Asian mythology

bird from Chinese mythology

thumb|Jingwei as depicted in the 1597 edition of the Shanhaijing

Luan (), also known as luanniao (), is a mythological bird in East Asian mythology. The name is sometimes reserved for males, while female luan are called jīnjī (; lit. golden chicken). The luan is sometimes referred as simurgh by western sinologists when they translate the Chinese term luan; however, they do not refer to the same bird creature and is therefore an inappropriate translation of the term. It is also sometimes inappropriately translated as roc and phoenix. The luan is one of the birds which have been deified in ancient China. It is also sometimes confused with the fenghuang by wes

thumb|right|150 px|Woodblock print of the zhen from the Sancai Tuhui

thumb|Goumang Goumang, also known as Jumang (), is an auxiliary god of the Fuxi family. The Classic of Mountains and Seas described his appearance as "having a human face and a bird's body, riding on two dragons". He is the god of wood and spring, in charge of life and health.

thumb|right|An illustration from Sancai Tuhui (1609). In Chinese mythology, biyiniao (; variously translated as linked-wing birds, shared-wings birds, and likewing birds), also known as manman (), are birds with one eye and one wing each, that must attach to each other and fly in pairs. According to the ancient dictionary Erya, its proper name is jianjian ().

Yuqiang (, alternatively Yujiang 禺疆 or Yujing 禺京), in Chinese mythology is one of the descendants of Huang Di, the "Yellow Emperor". Yuqiang was also the god of the north sea and a wind god. His father was Yuhao, another sea god. Some accounts (Shanhaijing chapters 8 and 17) describe Yuqiang as having the body of a bird and the face of a human being, with a serpent mount for each foot that facilitated his travels.

Creature in Chinese mythology