Is Suzaku a phoenix?

Suzaku is one of the four images in traditional culture, and one of the so-called "four spirits" in Saint Fu Huang's picture is also called Suzaku. Since the Shang Dynasty, it has been a beast representing Emperor Yan and the seven nights in the south. In the burial culture and belief in the pre-Qin period, it was believed that it could lead the souls of the dead to heaven. After the rise of the five elements theory, its symbolic significance increased with Ding Bing and summer. Known as the four spirits of heaven.

Phoenix, also known as "Phoenix Emperor", is the king of birds in ancient legends. Men are called "Phoenix" and women are called "Phoenix", which has been an important element of China culture since ancient times. Like the image of the dragon, the image of the phoenix has become more and more complicated. At first, there was only one kind of bird recorded in Shan Hai Jing, which looked like a chicken and was named Feng Di. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the dragon has gradually become the symbol of the emperor, and empresses began to call phoenix more than phoenix.

Suzaku totem said:

Suzaku, a red bird, symbolizes auspiciousness and classicality. Suzaku has become a pure and mysterious symbol.

There are twenty-eight lodgings in The Journey to the West, and seven lodgings in the south are Ghost Golden Sheep, Liu, Sun Rima, Zhang Yuelu, Winged Fire Snake and Lumbricus. The words behind are all animals.

In 2000, Qi's Pan-Asian Theory said that the ancient state of Yue took Suzaku as its totem.