# Qingniao

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{{Short description|Birds which appear in Chinese mythology}}
The '''Qingniao''' ({{CJKV|t=青鳥|s=青鸟|p=qīngniǎo|l=Blue (or Green) Bird (or birds)}}) were [blue](/source/blue) or [green](/source/green) [bird](/source/bird)s which appear in [Chinese mythology](/source/Chinese_mythology), popular stories, poetry, and religion (the Chinese are somewhat ambiguous in regard to English color vocabulary, and the word ''qing'' may and has been translated as ["blue" or "green"](/source/Blue%E2%80%93green_distinction_in_language), or even "black"). Qingniao is especially regarded as the messengers or as otherwise serving the Queen Mother of the West [Xi Wangmu](/source/Xi_Wangmu). In some sources, three-legged Qingniao carry her messages; in other sources, a single one-legged Qingniao fetched her food.<ref>Yang, 219</ref>  In some versions, three, sometimes three-legged, green birds brought her food: these seem to have some similarity with the [Three-footed birds](/source/Three-legged_crow) believed to reside in the sun.<ref>Christie, 78</ref> (Sometimes these birds are called "crows".) The Qingniao are an important motif and frequently depicted in myths regarding Xi Wangmu and her Western Paradise, which is generally located on the [mythical Kunlun Mountain](/source/Kunlun_Mountain_(mythology)).

==See also==
*[Birds in Chinese mythology](/source/Birds_in_Chinese_mythology)
*[Chinese mythology](/source/Chinese_mythology)
*[Distinction of blue and green in various languages](/source/Distinction_of_blue_and_green_in_various_languages)
*[Shangyang (rainbird)](/source/Shangyang_(rainbird)), a mythical one-legged bird
*[Three-legged crow](/source/Three-legged_crow)

==Notes==
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==References==
*Christie, Anthony (1968). ''Chinese Mythology''. Feltham: Hamlyn Publishing. {{ISBN|0600006379}}.
*Yang, Lihui, ''et al.'' (2005). ''Handbook of Chinese Mythology''. New York: Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-19-533263-6}}

{{Chinese mythology}}

Category:Mythological Chinese birds
Category:Chinese poetry allusions

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