Atlanta from the Ashes (The Phoenix) Rich's Department store on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at Spring Street from 1969 to 1995. In 1995, the sculpture was restored and moved to its current location in Woodruff Park. Since its creation, the sculpture has become an iconic symbol of Atlanta's rise from out of the ashes and destruction of the Civil War to become one of the most important international cities. Atlanta from the Ashes (The Phoenix) Atlanta from the Ashes, more commonly known as The Phoenix, is a bronze monument located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, symbolizing Atlanta's rise from the ashes of the Civil War
Birds in Chinese mythology and actually real exotic birds is sometimes blurred. Sometimes, the student of the real versus the unreal becomes challenged. Various sources for information on Chinese legends and mythology about bird. This includes the "Shanhaijing" (Stassberg 2002, "passim"). Also, "Questions to Heaven" (Stassberg 2002, 11 and Yang "et al" 2005, 8-10). Birds in Chinese mythology Birds in Chinese mythology and legend are of numerous types and very important in this regard. Some of them are obviously based on real birds, other ones obviously not, and some in-between. The Crane is an example of a real type of bird with mythological enhancements.