The name of this school is based on the magical, Chinese phoenix Feng Huang. Feng Huang Academy was founded in the Sichuan mountains in southern China during the Han Dynasty by great witch Fei Hong who named it after her pet Feng Huang. Prior to the statute of secrecy, Chinese wizards and witches were held in high regards by muggles (Chinese term being, fan ren, meaning "mortal" in Mandarin), particularly emperors, kings/queens and warlords who found great use of their powers. Since the wand did not yet exist Asia yet it was harder for wizards to channel their magic which made to Fei Hong and her fellow magicians to ask the current Emperor Houshao of Han for help with the construction of the school. Houshao willingly agreed to send thousands of menial workers, architects, etc, to the mountains of Sichuan in order to construct the school in exchange for magical assistance when needed. In return of the fan rens help, Chinese wizards would remain helpful and loyal to them for thousands of years assisting them in many tasks like the building of the great wall and defending the country against foreign enemies until the statute of secrecy came into place year 1694.
It is said that Fei Hong could fly without a broom and or any other means. However, no one succeeded in replicating her flight ability after her death and unsupported flight was seen as a myth until Tom Riddle succeeded in replicating the power during his world traveling journeys in the 50s and 60s.
The school is owned by the Chinese Ministry of Magic and is thus specfically centered around Mainland China. There are however a smaller number of children from other East Asian wizarding nations, including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tibet, Malaysia and Vietname attending every year. This is crucial in order to establish good international relationships.
Feng Huang has the second largest student population of the great 11, second only to Uagadou in Uganda. Over 10 000 students attend the Academy every year in modern time. Since there are many different languages and dialects spoken in the country, it was decided that only the most widely spoken, Mandarin and Cantonese would be used at school. Students are given choice of deciding which dialect they want to have their classes on, prior to their enrollment.
The students are carefully selected by the school board. They mainly picks children from rich and influential wizarding families. They also make sure that a steady number of Muggleborns are admitted as well due to the need of keeping themselves updated with modern technology and politics of the non-magical world. There are plenty of smaller schools in the country for those who are not admitted. The students that attend the school are picked up by a flying djonk ship every August that flies them to the school's location in the mountains of Sichuan. There's at least one djonk for every province.
Because of the high number of students, it is not possible to have a single building as a school, but instead, it consists of a number of different pagoda temples that serve as lecture halls and shelter for the students. One can basically claim that Feng Huang mimics a city where all buildings have an educational purpose. The gatekeepers of the school are sentient Chinese dragons that are capable of transforming into humans at will and change the weather as they desire. There are also Feng Huang birds all over the region that oversees the students and informs the staff should unsuspecting fan ren come close to the school borders.
Feng Huang Academy like the other non-western wizarding schools teaches wandless magic as a compulsory subject, which means that they have to put greater pressure on their students in order to succeed in achieving this advanced form of magic. The oldest students year manage to get objects to levitate, conjuring fire, create optic illusions all without a wand.
It takes a lot more energy and practice to perform wandless spellcasting safely and professionally and you need to be well in touch with your mind and body. Both students and teacher meditate every morning and evening and practice tai chi and other forms of choreography to clear their minds and focus their energy. One consequence of teaching this form of magic is that they must enroll the students at the age of 10 and let them graduate at 18 due to the amount of time and patience required to achieve and develop this advanced form of magic.
This does not mean that Chinese wizards and witches completely disregard wands, only that they prefer not to use them in everyday situations and saves them for more difficult spells. The wand was first introduced in China during the 1200s by wizard explorers from Europe but didn't become mainstream until the 18th century. There is one class that specifically teaches spells created by the European, called "Western Spellcasting" that teaches well-known spells like "Accio", "Wingardium Leviosa" and "Alohomora" etc. Although China has its own versions of these spells spoken at Ancient Chinese languages that share the same purpose.
Once every decade since 1946 as a symbol of the end of the Sino-Japanese war Feng Huang Academy has partaken in an Asian Triwizard tournament with Mahoutokoro the Japanese school of magic and the Baranghati Institute of India and South Asia.