page_title: Golden Winged Great Peng
section_title: Legends
hierarchical_section_title: Golden Winged Great Peng / Legends
caption_attribution_description: English: Chinese deity Golden Winged Great Peng
context_page_description: The Golden Winged Great Peng, originally known as Dapeng Jinchi Mingwang, is a Buddhist bird deity in the Chinese religion and Mahayana Buddhism. He is the spiritual uncle of the Buddha and gave him a high position on heaven as a guardian deity of the Vulture Peak. His origins are said to derive from an Indian bird god Garuda. Peng is one of the 8 demi-gods of Buddhism and helps to guard Mount Sumeru and Trāyastriṃśa from being attacked by the Asuras.
  Peng is appearances in Chinese ancient literature Journey to the West, General Yue Fei and also mentioned in some Chinese buddhism literature.
context_section_description: According to legend, during the primordial times, the original Phoenix (Fenghuang), the leader of flying beings, gave birth to the peacock Mahamayuri and the eagle Golden Winged Great Peng. The peacock once consumed the Buddha, who however managed to escape via cut her stomach. The Buddha intended to kill the peacock, however the deities told him to stop, thus the Buddha promoted her to be his godmother, therefore the eagle would be his uncle and gave the eagle a high position on heaven.
  Peng sits at the head of the Buddha's throne in the Western Paradise. His fiery temper is aroused when a bat-spirit (the embodiment of the Aquarius constellation) passes gas during the Enlightened One's sermon on the Lotus Sutra. He swoops down from the throne and snatches her up in his beak, killing her instantly. The Buddha admonishes the bird for his transgression of Buddhist law and exiles him to earth. His rebirth in the human world actually serves to counterbalance the actions of a nomadic antagonist.
caption: Golden Winged Great Peng statue in the Hongwu temple
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