Fenghuang (;
Japanese: 鳳凰 hō-ō;
Korean: 봉황 bonghwang;
Vietnamese: Phượng Hoàng) are
mythological Chinese birds that reign over all other birds. The males are called Feng and the
females Huang. In modern times, however, such a distinction of gender is often no longer made and the Feng and Huang are blurred into a single feminine entity so that the bird can be paired with the
Chinese dragon, which has male connotations. The Fenghuang is also called the "August
Rooster" since it sometimes takes the place of the Rooster in the
Chinese Zodiac. In the
West, it is commonly referred to as the Chinese
phoenix and occasionally Ho-Oh bird (from the Japanese name hō-ō).
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[Chinese] The Chinese phoenix and the personification of the primordial force of the heavens. Feng-huang has the head and the comb of a pheasant and the tail of a peacock.
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