Editing Tree of life (section)

===Chinese mythology===
[[File:Ⅰ号大型青铜神树.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Bronze Tree with birds, flowers, and ornaments from [[Sanxingdui]]]]
{{see also|Fusang}}
In [[Chinese mythology]], a carving of a tree of life depicts a [[Fenghuang|phoenix]] and a [[Chinese dragon|dragon]]; the dragon often represents immortality. A [[Taoism|Taoist]] story tells of a tree that produces a [[peaches of immortality|peach of immortality]] every three thousand years, and anyone who eats the fruit receives immortality.

An [[archaeological]] discovery in the 1990s was of a sacrificial pit at [[Sanxingdui]] in [[Sichuan]], [[China]]. Dating from about 1200 [[Common Era|BCE]], it contained three [[bronze]] trees, one of them 4 meters high. At the base was a dragon, and fruit hanging from the lower branches. At the top is a bird-like (Phoenix) creature with claws. Also found in Sichuan, from the late [[Han dynasty]] (c. 25–220 CE), is another tree of life. The [[ceramic]] base is guarded by a horned beast with wings. The leaves of the tree represent coins and people. At the apex is a bird with coins and the [[Sun]].