Phoenix, like dragon, is the totem of the Chinese people.The bird patterns drawed on the ancient potteries of the New Stone Age are the origin figures of the phoenix.

• 凤鸟同龙一样,是中国古代民族的图腾。新石器时期的原始社会彩陶上描绘的一些鸟纹,就是凤的形象的雏形。