The phoenix head serves as the spout. Guo Pu's *Xuanzhong Ji* states: "To the east of Penglai, on Mount Daiyu, there grows the fusang tree, which stands ten thousand zhang tall. Upon this tree dwells the celestial rooster, which perches at its summit. Each night at the hour of zi, the celestial rooster crows, and the solar bird within the sun responds; when the solar bird crows, all the roosters under heaven crow in unison." The Southern Liang dynasty's Ren Fang recorded in *Shuyi Ji*: "To the southeast lies Mount Taodu, upon which grows a great tree called 'Taodu,' whose branches extend three thousand li apart. Atop it dwells the celestial rooster. When the sun first rises and illuminates this tree, the celestial rooster crows, and all the roosters under heaven follow suit." This truly embodies the saying "one rooster's crow and the whole world brightens"—the rooster's crow heralding sunrise symbolizes auspiciousness. In China's southwestern regions, bronze roosters from the Shang to Han dynasties are frequently unearthed. Their styling is realistic, cast using the mold-casting method. Ceramic vessels with phoenix-head spouts were popular during the Jin and Tang dynasties, featuring a phoenix-head spout on one side of the shoulder and a dragon-shaped handle on the opposite side—the dragon and phoenix together symbolizing good fortune, beloved by the common people. In late September 1982, Gu Jingzhou and others appraised the purple clay collection stored at the Palace Museum in Beijing, where they discovered two "Dragon Handle Phoenix Spout Teapots" bearing the "Mingyuan" mark. These were likely made by him in Shanghai during the 1930s when he was creating antique reproductions; three were made in total at that time. These two teapots have a reddish-brown clay color resembling ancient bronze, with visible grog particles. The rooster-head spout has a slightly open mouth, as if crowing at sunrise, with a coiled dragon forming the handle. Both sides of the pot body feature inscriptions, creating a vivid and spirited form.