Origin of the name Luan bird

The Luan bird belongs to the genus Phoenix. ——"Guang Ya"

Luan, the spirit of the red spirit. ——"Shuowen"

Also

Red, five-color, chicken-shaped, with five notes in the song.

During the reign of King Cheng of Zhou Dynasty, Di and Qiang offered Luan birds. ——"Book of Zhou·Wang Hui". Note: "Bigger than a phoenix."

On the mountain where the girl's bed is located, there is a bird named Luan bird. ——"The Classic of Mountains and Seas·Western Mountain Classic"

The luan bird sings on the girl's bed, and the phoenix dances on the elixir hole. ——Zhang Heng's "Tokyo Fu"

"The luan bird sings by itself, and the phoenix bird dances by itself." (Dahuang Xi Jing)

"There are three colorful birds, one is called the emperor bird, and the other is called the emperor bird. It is called the Luan bird, and one is called the Phoenix bird." (Dahuang Xi Jing)

And "Huainanzi·Volume 4 Terrain Training" writes: "Yu Jia gives birth to a flying dragon, a flying dragon gives birth to a phoenix, and a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix bird. , Luan birds give birth to common birds, and those with feathers are born from common birds."

Like the phoenix, the Luan bird is divided into male and female. The male is called Luan, and the female is called He. It refers to the car bell because of its pleasant sound.

The phoenixes and phoenixes are far away; the sparrows, black magpies and magpies are approaching the altar - Qu Yuan's "Shejiang"