Red bird

Red Bird ( Han Dynasty )

The red bird ( Chinese  朱雀 , Pinyin Zhū ​​Què , Jyutping zyu ¹ zoek ³ ), also "Red Bird of the South" ( 南方 朱雀 , Nánfāng Zhū Què ), is one of the four symbols of the Chinese star constellations , also known as "miracle animals" become. It stands for the south and summer. The red bird (the characters more precisely mean “vermilion sparrow / hemp bird”) is often compared with the phoenix , but has nothing directly to do with it. Nor is it to be confused with Fenghuang .

It is also known in Japan as Suzaku or Shujaku , in Korea as Ju-jak ( 주작 ) and in Vietnam as Chu Tước .

The seven houses of the red bird

In Chinese astrology , seven houses are assigned to each of the four symbols. The following houses belong to the red bird:

• Source ( 井 , Jǐng )
• Earth Spirit ( 鬼 , Guǐ )
• Willow ( 柳 , Liǔ )
• Star ( 星 , Xīng )
• ejected net ( 張  /  张 , Zhàng )
• Wing ( 翼 , Yì )
• Carriage ( 軫  /  轸 , Zhěn )

See also

• Blue Dragon
• White Tiger
• Black turtle

literature

• Jeremy Roberts: Chinese Mythology AZ . 2nd Edition, Chelsea House Publications 2009, ISBN 978-1-60413-436-0 , p. 106.

Web links

• Chinese Astronomy: The Chinese Sky (English)
• The Red Bird of the South (English)