Story From Ancient China: The Han Hao Bird

The Han Hao Bird continued to muddle along, day after day, until it finally froze stiff and solid one night in the icy cold.
Story From Ancient China: The Han Hao Bird
The Han Hao Bird believed it was the most beautiful bird in the world, even more beautiful than the phoenix. Instead of working hard to build a nest for the winter, it spent its time showing off its glamorous coat, muddling along day after day, until it finally froze stiff one night in the icy cold.insima/iStock/Thinkstock
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According to legend, on Wutai Mountain there lived a creature called the Han Hao Bird (寒號鳥), a bird very different from other birds.

Not only did it have four legs rather than two, it also had two fleshy wings that could not be used for flight, so it was not able to fly like other birds.