Did this creature really appear in the heads of ancient birds in China?

Yes, in fact, the so-called face bird is an owl now.

Zhu, an ancient owl, is a human-faced bird. Some legends say that the feet of this bird are human hands. It is said that tuna will harm scholars and gentlemen, and many scholars will be exiled where it appears. It is said that the original name of this bird is "Danniao", which comes from the name of "Danzhu", the son of Emperor Yao. Dan Zhu was a bad man. He didn't have the habit of paternalism at that time, so he didn't get the inheritance right. Dan Zhu's resentment turned into this strange bird, hoping to disrupt the political platform by persecuting scholars.

"Shan Hai Jing Ye Bei Jing" says: "Among the North Sea, there is a god, a bird with a human face, and two green snakes practice two red snakes, which is called" Yue ".

Shan Hai Jing Huang Da Nan Jing said: "The Pearl of the East China Sea has gods, birds and faces, two yellow snakes and two yellow snakes, which are named".

"Shan Hai Jing Overseas East longitude" says "Ju Mang in the East, a bird's face, riding two snakes." It's the ninth grade wind again. "There is a mountain in the wild called the Arctic Sky Cabinet, and seawater is injected into the north. There are nine-faced birds named Jiu Feng. " There are five-colored birds, "Xuandan Mountain." There are birds with five colors, but people have hair. "

Shan Hai Jing and Xi Jing say: "There is a god, a face bird, two green snakes and two red snakes in the West Haizhu, which are called."