White Tiger

Occasionally confused with Feng Huang, due to similarities in appearance, but the two are different creatures. The Feng Huang is a legendary ruler of birds who is associated with the Chinese Empress in the same way the dragon is associated with the Emperor, while the Vermilion Bird is a mythological spirit creature of the Chinese constellations. Although this confusion does make some sense when one is aware that non-Han variations of the Four Symbols consider the Feng Huang and the Vermilion Bird as the same creature.