In Chapter 12 of Zhou Li, it is strictly stipulated that only the emperor can use one of the three patterns of the sun, the moon and the stars, and the princes can use the other nine dragons.
In the pre-Qin period, it was thought that it could lead the soul of the dead to heaven, and later generations thought it could give people immortality. The theory of divination flourished in Han dynasty, and its symbolic significance increased, such as reservation, ding bing, ceremony and so on. After the Han Dynasty, Taoism absorbed it as the protector and called it god of light. It is believed that Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu have jointly created the world, and are the masters of heaven and earth, maintaining Gankun. However, it is also recorded that Suzaku's spirit rose to heaven, Suzaku's quality fell to the ground, and Suzaku created the world alone.
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Suzaku can also be said to be a phoenix or a mysterious bird. Suzaku is one of the four spirits, and like the other three spirits, it comes from the star, which is the general name of the seven southern nights: 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.
From the pre-Qin period, it was a god beast representing Emperor Yan and seven nights in the south, but in the Han Dynasty, the theory of five elements began to rise, and its symbolic meaning increased with Bing Ding and Xia.
Many people think it is a phoenix or a kind of phoenix, but in fact Suzaku is very different from Phoenix, and Suzaku, as one of the four spirits in the sky, is more noble than Phoenix, one of the four spirits in the Book of Rites.