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1、Phoenix and its totem in Chinese culturePhoenix is a kind of virtual creature which represents fortune and happiness in Chinese culture. Take a Chinese idiom as an example:”Long Feng Cheng Xiang” can be translated into “dragon and phoenix show good luck.” It is used to describe the love and a perfec

2、t marriage of a couple. I am going to introduce it in three main parts.Its image and connotationThere is an archaism describing it ”The phoenixs head looks like chicken. Its mouth is just as a parrot. It has a neck of a peacock and a body of a mandarin duck. When it stretches its wings. You may feel

3、 that it is the roc. Cranes feet are the same as its. Its crest shows a shape of jade.” According to this, we can get the conclusion that the phoenixs image is a combination of many animals. So ,what is the common places this different parts have?The vital point is peace and love. If you wanna to fi

4、nd a symbol instead of the point. There is no doubt that phoenix is the best choice. Firstly ,phoenix itself is a combination of many creatures. Chicken ,swallow, crane, swan, hawk, ostrich and many other kinds of birds are included. Except for the bird, terrestrial organism and virtual creatures su

5、ch as dragon and kylin are included in it. Secondly ,the main part of the phoenix is bird. It has the closest relationship with plants. Thirdly, we Chinese people divide the power that exits in the two opposite sides into ” Yin Yang”. Initially ,phoenix is composed by two parts. One is “Feng”. It re

6、presents “yang”. The other is “Huang”. It is a kind of female creature. As a result, we divide it as “Yin”. Come from real significance say, it is a imagery of philosophy category. Fourthly ,the appearance of phoenix is a result of respecting ,understanding towards all the lives on earth. The theory

7、 of Taoist emphasis the peaceful coexistence with others. Since the day phoenix was born. We have pined many hopes on it. Such as scarify for others. That fits well with the Confucians thought. Phoenix comes from our life. But it can stand aloof from this moral life. Zen Buddhism praise it a lot.Ana

8、lysis of the godhead implication of phoenixPhoenix is deity in some way. We ancient Chinese people respected it as our totem. Several divinities can be seen on it. There is ten of them.1. facing the sun2. flying freely in the sky3. Phoenix Nirvana, ashes reborn4. Noble moral5. Good fortune6. The sym

9、bol of pure love7. Being a king and the invincible power8. Beauty 9. Responsibility10. Scarifying for otherThis things Ive mention above are just a small part of phoenix culture. However ,I hope that can give you a preliminary understanding of it.注释： 龙凤呈祥，一般指吉祥之事 原话为：“首似锦鸡，嘴似鹦鹉，脖似孔雀，身似鸳鸯，翅似大鹏，足似仙鹤，毛似孔雀，冠似如意。” 译为“和美” 道教：“天道自然之和” 儒家；“人伦道德之和” 佛家：“心性觉悟之和”参考书目：中国凤凰文化的权威解读，庞进著。中国和平出版社2006年出版。中国凤凰造型，徐华铛著。中国林业出版社2010年出版。中国民间画诀，王树村。北京工艺美术出版社2003年出版。