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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- Fenghuang
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- 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.