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Sometimes the Chinese terms for mythological or legendary birds include a generic term for "bird" appended to the pronounced name for "bird"; an example would be the Zhenniao, which is also known just as Zhen: the combination of Zhen plus niao means "Zhen bird"; thus, "Zhenniao" is the same as "Zhen bird", or just "Zhen".
Pages in category "Mythological and legendary Chinese birds" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Fenghuang are mythological birds featuring in traditions throughout the Sinosphere. Fenghuang are understood to reign over all other birds: males and females were originally termed feng and huang respectively, but a gender distinction is typically no longer made, and fenghuang are generally considered a feminine entity to be paired with the traditionally masculine Chinese dragon.
The Qingniao (traditional Chinese: 青鳥; simplified Chinese: 青鸟; pinyin: qīngniǎo; lit. 'Blue (or Green) Bird (or birds)') were blue or green birds which appear in Chinese mythology, popular stories, poetry, and religion (the Chinese are somewhat ambiguous in regard to English color vocabulary, and the word qing may and has been translated as "blue" or "green", or even "black").
Bifang, a crane-like bird with only one foot that is accompanied by strange fires [2] Bixi, a dragon with the shell of a turtle. Birds in Chinese mythology; Black Tortoise, a turtle that represents the cardinal point North and Winter. The Black Tortoise. Bo beast,a horse-like beast with one horn that eats tigers and leopards. [3] Bovidae in ...
Qing Niao (青鳥; qīngniâo): mythical bird and messenger of Xi Wangmu; Fenghuang (鳳凰; fènghuáng): Chinese mythical bird, sometimes translated as "Phoenix" Bi Fang bird (畢方), a one-legged bird. Crane: linked with immortality, may be transformed xian; Jiān/biyiniao (鶼/比翼鸟): a mythical bird with two heads, one male, one female.
Zhenniao (Chinese: 鴆鳥; pinyin: zhènniǎo; lit. 'poison-feather bird'), often simply zhen, is a name given in many Chinese myths, annals, and poetry to poisonous birds that are said to have existed in what is now southern China.
Chinese name; Traditional Chinese: ... 'Luan bird'), [1]: 102 is a mythological bird in East Asian mythology. The name is sometimes reserved for males, ...