Given the paring, in Ancient China, while the dragon was the symbol of the emperor, the Chinese phoenix was the symbol used to represent the empress. The pair is believed to be the ultimate symbol of love and true soulmates, who bring about happiness to a married couple. In more recent times, when the Fenghuang began being considered as largely a female entity, it stands for the yang feminine energy, while the dragon stands for the yin masculine energy. Feng represented the male active energy, the yin, and the Huang represented the female passive energy, the yang. Its male and female counterparts, Feng and Huang, together were seen as the manifestation of the Yin and Yang symbol of balance. It’s is normally associated with power, purity, harmony, and good fortune. In Chinese culture, the Fenghuang holds a very important position. Legend has it that if a musician plays his/her music under the Wu t’ung tree then their music would be blessed. Its singing is said to have been what inspired the Chinese harmonic scale. The Fenghuang is praised for its melody and believed to sing in the five Chinese harmonic tones. During war or trouble times, the mystical bird is said to fly to heaven and returns only when there is peace or harmonious times ahead. The Fenghuang is said to only feed on a diet of bamboo seeds and clear and pure spring water. It also doesn’t destroy plants and nature unnecessarily. It is a very peaceful bird that doesn’t kill or cause any harm to humans or animals. It is said to live high up in the Wu t’ung tree in the K’unlan mountains, where it is inaccessible to humans. Unlike the western depiction of the phoenix, the Chinese phoenix is immortal. It is, however, said to be present during the Yellow Emperor’s death, the first Emperor of the imperial dynasties period. No one knows the exact date when the Chinese phoenix first appeared.
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