Bluestone carved phoenix
In our traditional Chinese culture, there are many images of the phoenix, one of which represents the "harmony" of nature and "human society", because the male is the phoenix and the female are the phoenix, and gradually people call the phoenix together, expressing the beautiful meanings of love, harmony, and unity. The ancient Sima Xiangru had a famous piano song "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix"; combining the phoenix and the male dragon, alongside the dragon, with a totemic height, was admired and worshipped by the descendants of Yanhuang for generations, creating a rich and splendid dragon and phoenix culture, and regarded as a symbol of the five ethics of "morality, righteousness, etiquette, benevolence and faith" in the harmony and stability of ancient society.
The second is the idiom 'Phoenix Nirvana', which originally means rebirth after the extinguishing of fire or the blowing of the wind, which Buddhism uses as the highest ideal state to be attained in practice. The phoenix was reborn in the fire at the time of the arrival of the great limit, and reached sublimation in the torment and painful test of the fire, its feathers are richer, its voice is clearer, and its god is more marrow, which is the "phoenix nirvana", which alludes to the persistent spirit of not fearing hardships, perseverance, righteousness, courage to pursue, and self-improvement. This can also vividly represent the nationalist spirit of our Chinese nation.
The mythical story of its three hundred birds and phoenix: the phoenix has always been very industrious, not as playful as other birds, busy every day from morning to night, diligently collecting fruits, and has been tirelessly busy, while other birds go to play when they are full. But one year, there was a great drought in the forest. The birds were unable to support themselves without food, and it was the phoenix who opened the cave and shared the food they had accumulated over the years with the birds. After the drought, in order to thank the phoenix for saving his life, the birds all chose the most beautiful feather from themselves and pulled it out, made a dazzling bird coat for the phoenix, and unanimously elected it as the bird king, and since then the phoenix has the most beautiful clothes in the world, and every time the phoenix birthdays, the birds will come to worship the phoenix. The phoenix is the product of people's imagination of people's ideas and the totem of etiquette, it has undergone a long historical evolution, and finally became the bird of exorcism and blessing in people's hearts, and was called the "King of Birds". It also represents the spirit of charity and charity possessed by the descendants of Yanhuang and the international humanitarian spirit supported by all parties in difficulty.
The four folk sayings fly to the branch to become a phoenix, referring to the same ordinary, everyone has the same status, wealth, etc., suddenly one day flying on the branch, it will become a phoenix worth a hundred times. The meaning is to soar and soar, a blockbuster. Because the book "Shang Shu Yu Shu Yi Ji Fifth" describes that after The Great Yu Ruled the Water, a celebration ceremony was held. Flocks of birds and beasts sang and danced at the ceremony, and the phoenix also came- "Xiao Shao Jiucheng, the phoenix emperor came to Yi". The phoenix is also a symbol of Chinese imperial power, often used with the dragon, the phoenix is subordinate to the dragon, used for the queen's concubine, the dragon and phoenix Chengxiang is the most Chinese characteristic totem. There are also a large number of similar shapes in folk art. The phoenix also represents yin, although the phoenix is also divided into male and female, but nowadays folk mostly refer to women.
The image of the phoenix, like the dragon, evolved over time, and the original record in the Classic of Mountains and Seas was only "there are birds, whose shape is like a chicken, and the five harvests are written, and the name is phoenix emperor", but in the end, there are linqian deer, snake heads and fish tails, dragon turtle backs, swallow jaw chicken beaks, which have become a kind of god object formed by a variety of birds and beasts. During the feudal period, the phoenix was a symbol of the king's benevolence.
The arrival of the dragon and phoenix is a symbol of the country's peace, auspicious wind and rain. The "Book of the Phoenix Title" is Ruiying, who was appointed by the emperor, "Phoenix Seeking Ceremony" is the embodiment of the peace of the world and the benevolence of the king, and "Danfeng Chaoyang" is a metaphor for the sage who meets the time. Once our descendants of Yanhuang used the dragon to represent the emperor, the phoenix to represent the empress and the empress dowager, so the phoenix was reused by the emperor or the emperor, such as the "phoenix residence" for the former residence of the emperor before he took the throne, the "phoenix car" and "phoenix" were all the cars that the emperor rode, the "phoenix crown" was the crown of the empress, the emperor's edict was "phoenix commandment", the people who ruled the country would gather to call it "phoenix cave", and the rare talent or treasure that was not easy to learn was called "phoenix horn" and so on.
Folk regard the phoenix as a symbol of auspiciousness, and call the harmony and happiness of husband and wife as "Luan Phoenix and Ming". In ancient Phoenix, there are countless stone carving works, and now they are interpreted by stone carving craftsmen to the fullest beauty, and it is a beautiful enjoyment and a good blessing to be placed in factories, parks, courtyards, living rooms and other places. It is a concentrated embodiment of the symbol and aesthetic form of the spiritual concept of the Chinese nation, and so far our carving themes, whether it is relief, line carving, round carving, etc., will use the image of the phoenix pattern in many places. Not only the stone carving and stone industry, but also the torch of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games has a phoenix image logo design, which combines the phoenix pattern with the auspicious cloud beautifully and spreads traditional Chinese culture.
In the article "Zhuangzi Autumn Water" about the phoenix and the sycamore, Zhuangzi said when he saw Keiko: "There is a bird in the south, and its name is The Bird, and the son knows it? Fu Lu Chicks, originating in the South China Sea and flying in the North Sea, non-sycamore more than ,......" Here the "osprey chicks" refers to the phoenix, flying from the South China Sea to the North Sea, only when encountering the plane tree will fall. The ancients often put the plane tree and the phoenix together, and there is a sentence of "plant the plane tree, and the phoenix comes". It means to be ready for the opportunity.
The phoenix has always been an auspicious bird in people's minds, a symbol of the world's peace and prosperity, as well as the meaning of spirituality, strength and nobility. In the pre-Qin period, the phoenix pattern appeared on jade and bronze, a symbol of power, and gradually became the royal exclusive royal ornament in later generations, appearing in various palace buildings, utensils, clothing, etc., which only the royal family could use. With the progress of society, the symbolism of the phoenix has also changed partially, and people regard it as a symbol of national culture.
Taoists have the saying of the five elements of yin and yang, the phoenix is red, the five elements belong to the fire, and it is the elephant of the seven suzaku in the south. The most charming phoenix still represents love, the poems of the Daya scroll: 'Fenghuang Yu Fei, Qi Qi Yu', Li Bai's poem: "Heavy Fu Hou Yurun's virtue, wife and her son, phoenix Yu Fei, Pan Yang's good, Si Wei MuYi" and other verses and poems are often compared to pure love in Chinese literature. (All see here, like it to forward it)
Beautiful stone sculpture phoenix