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Phoenix is a rare animal in Shan Hai Jing. What's the difference between it and Suzaku, one of the four great beasts?
These two things are completely different, but many people will confuse them.

One of the four Phoenix gods (forest, wind, ghost and dragon), including Phoenix, Kirin, mysterious ghost and Candle dragon. "Shan Hai Jing Nan Shan Jing" records that it travels 500 miles eastward and is called Danxue Mountain. There are many treasures on the mountain. Dan water flows out and flows south into Bohai Sea. There is a bird, which is shaped like a chicken. Named Phoenix, the first literary talent, wing literary talent, back literary talent, fake literary talent, belly literary talent. It is a bird, eating, singing and jumping naturally. Seeing it will make the world peaceful.

Therefore, the origin of Phoenix was originally Shan Hai Jing. Later, it was given to other meaning. Phoenix was called the king of birds in ancient times. Some books say that Phoenix is male and Phoenix is female. That's what the so-called chicken seeking chicken means. Phoenix belongs to the most beautiful bird.

Suzaku is one of the four traditional elephants in China. The four elephants are the dragon, white tiger, suzaku and Xuanwu that we all often say. Therefore, in many places in China, Suzaku is believed to be a god for hunting and sacrifice. As early as Shang Dynasty, Suzaku represented the sacred beast in the south, and the south belonged to fire. The north belongs to water, the animals are basaltic, and the main theme is harmony; The east belongs to wood, and the beast is Qinglong, which is the main source of vitality; The west belongs to gold, the beast is a white tiger, and the Lord kills it; The middle part belongs to the earth, and the god beast is Ying Long or Huanglong, ruled by the Lord.

In some records, Huanglong and the Four Elephants are also called Tianguan and Five Beasts.

So Phoenix and Suzaku are completely different. Nowadays, many people think that writing novels is the same thing, completely distorting the tradition and not understanding its connotation. In fact, Suzaku, one of the four elephants and four stars, is very different from Phoenix, one of the four spirits. In China's traditional culture, the four elephants not only refer to the natural weather of the four seasons, but also refer to the dragon, white tiger, suzaku and Xuanwu, which originated from ancient stars, representing four stars.