feng-huang

See also: fenghuang, fènghuáng, and Fenghuang

English

Noun

feng-huang (plural feng-huangs)

1. Alternative form of fenghuang
   • 2008, “Phoenix (Egyptian and Greek)”, in Josepha Sherman, editor, Storytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore‎^[1], volume 2, M. E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 364, column 2:

     The phoenix has been associated by some scholars with two other sacred birds, or bird-being, the Hindu Garuda and the Chinese feng-huang.

   • 2009, “Fabled Flyers”, in Linda S. Godfrey, editor, Mythical Creatures (Mysteries, Legends, and Unexplained Phenomena)‎^[2], Chelsea House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 37:

     Greek writers adopted the fabulous bird enthusiastically as early as 800 BCE, and similar birds appear in other cultures, often connected with the sun. The Chinese believed a fiery-hued creature called the feng-huang came to them from the sun.

   • 2012 May, Hui-Chih Yu [于惠之], “The Cross-cultural Symbolism of Birds - An Approach to Arousing Students' Interest in Learning English [論不同文化中鳥的象徵意義 — 激發學生學習英語興趣之途徑]”, in STUST Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences [南台人文社會學報]‎^[3], number 7, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 November 2023, page 157:

     In China, the phoenix is known as the Feng-huang; in its "feng" aspect it is a male, solar sybol, while as "huang", it is a female and lunar, making it an embodiment of the union of yin and yang.

   • 2013, Traci Harding, “The Rite of Gao Mei”, in Dreaming of Zhou Gong‎^[4], HarperVoyager, published 2014, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 363:

     One of them would be chosen by the ancient chimera bird, Feng-Huang, which resided atop of the mighty Kunlun mountain range of which Bayan Har Shan formed part. These mountains, which Ji Shi had reportedly sprung from, seemed to be a hotbed of supernatural activity. The legendary bird had a male aspect, Feng, and a female aspect, Huang, and presided over every other bird in the land ... it was known to have the beak of a rooster, the face of a swallow, the forehead of a fowl, the neck of a snake, the breast of a goose, the back of a tortoise, the hindquarters of a stag and the tail of a fish. Feng-Huang would only appear in the most harmonious and joyous of situations. Its coming always heralded the beginning of a new era of imperial rule, and bestowed the perfect balance of yin and yang upon heaven’s mandate.

   • 2016, Pamela Ball, “The Physical Practice of Tao”, in The Essence of Tao‎^[5], London: Arcturus Publishing Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 172:

     She is portrayed as a young beautiful woman wearing a royal gown, sometimes riding a peacock. Her favourite animal is Feng-huang, the Chinese phoenix which is the personification of the primordial force of the heavens and the symbol of immortality. Feng-huang has the head and the comb of a pheasant and the tail of a peacock.