Birds are one of the most important animals on earth. Unlike other animals that can only live on the ground or in water, most birds can soar in the sky with their light bodies and powerful wings.

Since ancient times, people have dreamed of flying in the sky like birds. For this reason, people have come up with some strange ideas, such as making artificial wings with feathers and taking off with gunpowder as power. Until modern times, people finally made gliders and planes and realized their dream of flying. Now, people can fly with advanced technology and materials, but in ancient times, people who could not fly by themselves could only appreciate and worship on the ground.

Since ancient times, many tribes have worshipped birds flying in the sky as totems to distinguish them from ordinary birds. At this time, many images of "god birds" began to appear. For example, archaeologists discovered the image of sunbird in Jinsha site more than 3000 years ago. In addition, there were legendary birds such as phoenix in ancient times.

There are legends and records about Phoenix in countries with a long history in the world. Among them, China recorded it earlier. Phoenix paintings and sculptures unearthed from Hemudu site can be traced back more than 7000 years. Phoenix, quail bird of fire, essence of the sun. Phoenix has been closely related to fire since its birth, especially the fire of the sun. The two complement each other. Ye Shuxian and other scholars have proved that Chiwu and Julie in Shan Hai Jing and Yang Li in Chu Ci Tian Wen are all variants of the phoenix.

Records in many ancient books further confirm the relationship between phoenix and fire, or that phoenix is a divine bird symbolizing the sun. In addition to China, there are many divine birds with the same shape and different names in other countries. These divine birds all over the world have formed a solar divine bird system with the world as the whole structure and the phoenix as the core.

The earliest phoenix pattern discovered in China is a combination pattern of Gaomiao site in Hunan province 7400 years ago. From the picture, Phoenix is not so much a figurative bird as a symbol, and it is the spiritual pillar for people to get rid of fear, pain and disaster in reality. This strong emotion comes from the collective desire to synchronize with the situation and be completely consistent with the situation.