The symbolism of the Hundred Birds Towards the Phoenix suona song is the vivid imagery of the passing of the night and the rising of the sun, symbolizing good fortune and happiness.
In ancient China, the phoenix was used as a metaphor for the emperor, which later evolved into the dragon representing the emperor and the phoenix representing the empress. But both the former and the latter phoenixes symbolized the royal family. Therefore, "A Hundred Birds Toward the Phoenix" is a metaphor for the emperor's wisdom, the peace of the river and the clear sea, the world's subordination, and it can also be used to express people's infinite hope for a peaceful and prosperous world.
An allusion to the "Hundred Birds Toward the Phoenix"
A long, long time ago, the phoenix was a very inconspicuous bird in the forest, and its feathers were very ordinary, not at all as glorious as the legend. The phoenix was a hard-working bird, and it was busy from morning to night every day. Whenever other birds are full and playing in the woods, the phoenix flies to every tree, picks up the fruits that the birds miss from their mouths one by one, and carries them back to its own nest.
Every time the parrot saw the phoenix, he would mock it, "Big dummy! Big dummy!" The sparrows also got together and chattered, "The phoenix is so incapable of enjoying life, busy every day picking up the things that fall out of our mouths, I really don't know what's the use of saving them up."
But the phoenix didn't care what the other birds thought, and it secretly thought, "You'll know the benefits of storing food when the time comes. And so, year after year, the phoenix's nest was filled with fruit.
One year, the forest was hit by a drought, and all the grass died, and even the trees were so dry that they could not bear a single fruit. The birds, unable to find food, were so hungry that they couldn't fly at all. At this time, the phoenix flew back to its nest in a hurry, and took out the fruits it had saved for many years, and gave them to the birds in the forest. The birds all survived with food. It was not until then that they finally understood the benefits of the Phoenix's food storage.
With the help of the phoenix, the birds survived the drought. They were so grateful to the phoenix that they unanimously elected it king of the birds. The parrot said, "Let's pluck the most beautiful feather and make a glorious 'Birds of a Hundred Clothes' to offer to the phoenix." The birds all scrambled to offer their most beautiful piece of feather.
From then on, the phoenix became the king of all birds, and with its coat of 100 birds, it became the most glorious bird in the forest. Every year on the phoenix's birthday, all the birds in the forest would fly to congratulate it, and this is the famous legend of the hundred birds facing the phoenix.