Let's explain the specific characteristics of Phoenix and Suzaku respectively:
1, Phoenix Red, the legendary king of birds in ancient China, is a national totem of the Han nationality like the dragon. Feathers are generally described as reddish-red, and phoenix, like Kirin, is a general term for both sexes. The male is phoenix and the female is phoenix, which is always called phoenix, so the word phoenix is a compound word structure. Phoenix Qi Fei is a symbol of auspiciousness and harmony, and a spiritual object representing happiness. But when they are called phoenixes, they all represent women. It is often used to symbolize good luck. Also known as Dan Bird, Firebird, Chicken, Wei Feng, etc. Similar legends also exist in the history of other East Asian countries.
"Phoenix" and "Phoenix" originally refer to two kinds of colorful birds. Phoenix is a phoenix bird, and phoenix is a royal bird. "Shan Hai Jing" said: Three birds and five harvests, one for imperial birds and the other for phoenix birds. A phoenix bird. Later generations usually interpret phoenix and phoenix as the same kind of bird, but their genders are different. Phoenix and Phoenix are not nicknames or incarnations of any birds that exist in reality. It is precisely because of the concept of "Phoenix" that people try to find some bird images from reality to echo and materialize this phoenix that does not exist in reality.
2. Suzaku is a spirit representing happiness. There are many kinds of prototypes. Such as golden pheasants, peacocks, vultures, mandarin ducks, blackbirds (swallows), etc ... Some people say it is a Buddhist Dapeng golden winged bird. According to the phoenix myth, the phoenix has a chicken's head, a swallow's chin, a snake's neck, a fish's tail and five-color stripes. There are five kinds of phoenixes, divided by color: Red Phoenix, Lan Fenghuang, White Swan and Rayna Sue Phoenix, which can also be called Suzaku or Blackbird.
Suzaku is one of the four spirits, and like the other three spirits, it comes from the stars, which is the general name of the seven nights in the south: well, ghost, willow, star, Zhang, wing and bird. Think of it as Suzaku. Scarlet, like fire, the south belongs to fire, hence the name Phoenix. It also has the characteristics of being far from fire, also called fire phoenix, just like the immortal birds in the west.
According to ancient records, Phoenix is a beautiful bird. With its singing and manners, it is the king of all birds. It can bring good luck to the world, and at the same time it has the special spirituality of' phoenix tree does not live, bamboo does not eat, and spring does not drink'. Suzaku, also known as "Suzaku", looks like a phoenix, the god of the South. Because it looks like a bird, it is located in the south and has the property of fire, so it often appears in the form of a phoenix in the game.
But in fact, Suzaku and Phoenix are two different creatures. Phoenix is the king of birds, but Suzaku is a spirit beast in the sky, which is rarer, nobler and more destructive than Phoenix. Seven Stars Well, ghost, willow, star, Zhang, wing and bird are combined into a bird shape in the south, which is called Suzaku. Because it is the length of "feather worm", the legendary dragon with the length of "scale worm" has gradually become a pair, an ever-changing and a beautiful one, which has become a complementary pair in folk customs. Moreover, because the dragon symbolizes the sun, the phoenix (the phoenix is the male and the phoenix is the female), which was originally divided into yin and yang, has gradually become the representative of pure yin after being opposite to the dragon.
To sum up, Phoenix and Suzaku are a kind of beasts.
The god beast in ancient Chinese folk myths and legends refers to the creatures represented by two instruments and two saints (the sun and the moon shine) and four heavenly spirits (the dragon, the white tiger, the suzaku and the Xuanwu), which can be seen in Chinese classics.
Most of these creatures can't find entities in reality, but the composition of their images comes from reality. China used some ancient gods and beasts in divination, especially Daoism and Liu Yi. These beasts often appear in traditional buildings, playing the role of eliminating disasters, avoiding disasters and blessing.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-god beast