1. One day, Fuxi inspected the tung forest in the west mountain and saw the essence of the five stars of gold, wood, wind, fire and earth falling on the sycamore trees one after another. Suddenly, fairy music floats and the fragrant breeze blows. I also saw thousands of auspicious energy and thousands of rays of light. At the opening of the colorful screen in the sky, auspicious clouds held two beautiful big birds and landed gracefully on the sycamore tree. Other birds gathered on the trees everywhere and sang in unison towards the two beautiful big birds. Fuxi saw such a strange phenomenon and hurriedly summoned the wooden god Jumang to assist him to ask what happened. Ju Mang smiled and said to Fu Xi: "These two biggest birds are phoenixes!"
2. A long time ago, the phoenix was just a very inconspicuous bird with ordinary feathers. It's not as dazzling as the legend says. But it has an advantage: it is very hard-working. It does not just play when it is full like other birds. Instead, it is busy from morning to night, picking up the fruits that other birds throw away one by one. Collected in a cave.
One year, there was a severe drought in the forest. The birds could not find food, and they were so hungry that they were dizzy and could no longer hold on. At this time, Phoenix hurriedly opened the cave, took out the dried fruits and grass seeds he had accumulated over the years, and distributed them to everyone, so as to tide over the difficulties with everyone.
After the drought, in order to thank the Phoenix for saving their lives, the birds chose the most beautiful feathers from their bodies and plucked them out, making a dazzling bird's clothing for the Phoenix. , and unanimously elected it as the bird king.
From now on, every time the Phoenix celebrates its birthday, birds from all directions will fly to express their congratulations to the Phoenix. This is called a hundred birds paying homage to the Phoenix.
Ancient records say that "a phoenix comes to the ceremony", "a phoenix flies", "plays the flute to attract the phoenix", and "a phoenix rises to the sun". This idealized spiritual bird has been regarded as auspicious and happy by people. symbol and metaphor of beautiful love. The phoenix is ??the king of birds, and the peony is the king of flowers. The two are naturally combined to form the auspicious pattern of "phoenix piercing peonies" or "flying phoenix piercing flowers", which is very common in blue and white porcelain paintings of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. The "dragon and phoenix presenting auspiciousness" was very popular in court art, but the "phoenix wearing peonies" became a very popular picture among the people. The phoenix is ??the king of birds, as evidenced by the Wanli blue and white porcelain.
"Hundred Birds Paying Attention to the Phoenix", also known as "Hundred Birds Paying Attention to the King", "Yi Feng Tu", etc., has very rich cultural connotations. In ancient China, the phoenix was used as a metaphor for the emperor. Later it evolved into a dragon to represent the emperor and a phoenix to represent the empress. But both the former and the latter phoenix symbolize the royal family. Therefore, "Hundred Birds Pay Attention to the Phoenix" is a general metaphor for the sage of the monarch, the clearness of the rivers and the sea, and the surrender of the world. It can also be used to express people's infinite expectations for a peaceful and prosperous age.