Vermilion Bird

The Vermilion bird is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations.
According to Wu Xing, the Taoist five-elemental system, it represents the fire- Vermilion Bird
element, the direction south, and the season summer correspondingly. Thus it is
sometimes called the Vermilion bird of the South ( , Nn Fng Zh
Qu). It is known as Zh Qu in Chinese, Suzaku in Japanese, Jujak in Korean
and Chu Tc in Vietnamese. It is described as a red bird that resembles a
pheasant with a five-colored plumage and is perpetually covered in flames.
Represented by Jonangu Shrine in the southern part of Kyoto.

It is often mistaken for theFenghuang due to similarities in appearance, but the two
are different creatures.[1] The Fenghuang (similar to the phoenix in western Zh Qu sculpture on the eaves tile
mythologies) is a legendary ruler of birds who is associated with the Chinese
Chinese name
Empress in the same way the dragon is associated with the Emperor, while the
Vermilion Bird is a mythological spirit creature of the Chinese constellations.
Chinese
Literal meaning Vermilion Peafowl
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Contents Hanyu Pinyin Zh Qu
1 Seven Mansions WadeGiles Chu1 Ch'eh4
2 Nature of the symbol
Yue: Cantonese
3 Stars
Yale Romanization jyu1 jeuk3
4 In popular culture
Jyutping zyu1 zoek3
5 See also
6 References Southern Min
7 External links Hokkien POJ chu-chhiok
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese Chu Tc
Seven Mansions alphabet

As the other three Symbols, there are seven "mansions", or positions, of the moon Ch Hn
within Vermilion Bird. The names and determinative stars are:[2][3] Thai name
Thai
Mansion no. Name (pinyin) Translation Determinative star
Korean name
22 (Jng) Well Gem
Hangul
23 (Gu) Ghost Cnc
Hanja
24 (Li) Willow Hya
Transcriptions
25 (Xng) Star Hya
Revised Romanization Ju-jak
26 (Zhng) Extended Net Hya Japanese name
27 (Y) Wings Crt Kanji
28 (Zhn) Chariot Crv Hiragana or

Transcriptions
 Revised Suzaku or Shujaku
Nature of the symbol
Hepburn
The Vermilion bird is elegant and
Kunrei-shiki Suzaku or
noble in both appearance and
Syuzyaku
behavior, with feathers in many
different hues of vermilion. It is very selective about what it eats and where it
perches.

The Vermilion Bird on the gates of a

Stars

In popular culture
In the mobile game Puzzle & Dragons, the Vermilion Bird is depicted as a beautiful,phoenix-like, winged woman
who wields the power of flames, known as "Incarnation of Suzaku, Leilan".
In the Beyblade series, the Vermilion Bird is called as Dranzer.
In the Digimon series, Zhuqiaomon is designed after it.
in the Fushigi Yugi series, Miaka Yuki journey in to Universe of ht e Four Gods she became Priestess of Suzaku
In the video game Final Fantasy Type-0 the Vermilion Bird is the name of one of the our
f Crystals of Orience,
representing the Dominion of Rubrum.
In the film Gamera 3: The Revenge of Iris, the monster Iris is at one point suggested to be the V
ermilion Bird.
In Yu Yu Hakusho, Suzaku is portrayed in a humanoid form as leader of the Underworld group The Four Beasts.
In the Sunrise anime seriesCode Geass, a character is namedSuzaku Kururugi.
In the PlayStation 4 exclusive game titlesNioh, there is a spirit guardian phoenix named a Suzaku that will resurrect
players upon death by activating their living weapon. Once the living weapon runs out the player is brought back with
1 hit point.
In Tokyo Majin, the Vermilion Bird has a vessel who is a character known as Marie Claire.

See also
Fenghuang
Vermilion
Phoenix
Four Symbols of China
Four Benevolent Animalsof China
Four Holy Beasts of Vietnam
Suzaku

References
1. Strassberg, Richard. A Chinese Bestiary (https://www.amazon.com/Chinese-Bestiary-Creatures-Guideways-Mountai
ns/dp/0520218442). ISBN 978-0520218444.
2. "The Chinese Sky" (http://idp.bl.uk/education/astronomy/sky
.html). International Dunhuang Project. Retrieved
2011-06-25.
 3. Sun, Xiaochun (1997).Helaine Selin, ed. Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, T
echnology, and Medicine in Non-
Western Cultures (https://books.google.com/books?id=raKRY3KQspsC&pg=PA517). Kluwer Academic Publishers.
p. 517. ISBN 0-7923-4066-3. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
4. (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 2006 5 28 (http://a
eea.nmns.edu.tw/2006/0605/ap060528.html)
5. (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 2006 5 29 (http://a
eea.nmns.edu.tw/2006/0605/ap060529.html)
6. (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 2006 5 30 (http://a
eea.nmns.edu.tw/2006/0605/ap060530.html)
7. (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 2006 5 31 (http://a
eea.nmns.edu.tw/2006/0605/ap060531.html)
8. (in Chinese) @ WebBBS DreamLand @ National Cheng Kung University WebBBS System
(https://web.archive.org/web/20110902003808/http://wbbs.cc.ncku.edu.tw/ccns/index.php/8/179/485635)
9. (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 2006 7 22 (http://a
eea.nmns.edu.tw/2006/0607/ap060722.html)
10. the star is actually located in theconstellation Hydra

External links
"Star Charts and Moon Stations"
The Red Bird of the South

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