Peng (mythology)
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Peng or Dapeng (大鵬) is a giant bird that transforms from a Kun giant fish in Chinese mythology.
Wing of the Peng from the Japanese Kyoka Hyaku Monogatari
Fenghuang
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Fènghuáng are mythological birds found in Sinospheric mythology that reign over all other birds. The males were originally called fèng and the females huáng, but this distinction of gender is often no longer made and they are blurred into a single feminine entity so that the bird can be paired with the Chinese dragon, which is traditionally deemed male.
Fenghuang
Jade phoenix, unearthed from the tomb of Fu Hao, c. 1200 BC, Shang dynasty.
A phoenix (top) and dragon (left), Silk Painting of a Human Figure with Phoenix and Dragon, Silk painting unearthed from a Chu tomb.
![Man playing sheng to a phoenix, Dengzhou painted stone-relief [zh], Liu Song dynasty.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/%E5%90%B9%E7%AC%99%E5%BC%95%E5%87%A4%E7%94%BB%E5%83%8F%E7%A0%96114639.jpg/640px-%E5%90%B9%E7%AC%99%E5%BC%95%E5%87%A4%E7%94%BB%E5%83%8F%E7%A0%96114639.jpg)
Man playing sheng to a phoenix, Dengzhou painted stone-relief [zh], Liu Song dynasty.