Chinese Mythology: The Change of the Kun Peng
Kun Peng （鲲鹏）, a divine beast in ancient Chinese legend. The name of the Kun Peng first appeared in the Taoist doctrine Zhuangzi – Easy Travel. In the distant northern…
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The Kun Peng, a mythical beast in ancient China, can swim in the North Sea as a Kun fish, or soar in the sky with its wings spread out as a roc, with its back to the blue sky and its wings like clouds hanging down from the sky.
It symbolizes freedom and transcendence, and is not only a magnificent spectacle of nature, but also the crystallization of ancient people’s imagination of the vast world and infinite possibilities.