The key to this is the Feng Huang;
This long tailed bird is the classical Liao Khitan configuration of a Feng Huang. Compare the features of the Feng Huang with those of this detail from the Zhang Shiqing's Tomb, East Wall in East Chamber (Liao Dynasty) 1093 - 1117, Xuanhua Xian, China..
Also compare this to
Please note the neck in each of the 3 images. The same neck even though it is separated by thousands of miles and over 500 years.
Western scholars desperately want to turn this distinctive bird into a Simurgh or Senmurv.
Please read Matteo Comparetti's works on Simurgh and Phoenix comparisons.
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