Later, the characteristics of phoenix living in phoenix tree evolved into the idiom "Good birds choose wood to live", and the phoenix here was replaced by other birds. For example, Yu Shinan, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, replaced the supreme phoenix with Qiu Chan in his poem "Cicada": "Hang your head and drink dew, and smell Shu Tong." The ancients thought that cicadas lived high above water and dew, and their natural nature was noble. The phoenix tree perched in cicada has a noble image and is even more remarkable. Because the phoenix tree stands upright, aloof and noble, people put it together with pine and cypress, and call it a beautiful material.
Flowers and trees are often used to express love and yearning. The phoenix tree with green branches symbolizes the deep feelings of the couple. In ancient times, it was said that the phoenix tree was male, the paulownia tree was female, and the phoenix tree grew up with the old and lived and died together. There's a saying in China that "when the Laka tree is ripe, the mandarin duck will die together". Therefore, the phoenix tree is often used in poetry to express the undying love between men and women. The last paragraph of Yuefu folk song Peacock Flying Southeast is the most imaginative and romantic, which uses the above meaning. "Plant conifers and cypresses in the east and trees in the left and right. Branches cover each other and leaves communicate with each other. There are two birds in the forest, calling themselves Yuanyang. Raise your head and sing to each other until you reach the fifth watch every night. " This wonderful and magical picture not only embodies people's yearning for pure love and happy life, but also gives vent to people's dissatisfaction and indignation with reality in a deified way.