Summary

• Yip Gaming's design mirrors Chinese lion dancing in many different ways.
• His martial arts-inspired outfit also pays homage to different Chinese martial art traditions.
• Even Gaming's combat stances and other minor details mirror lion dancing practices.

Yip Gaming joined the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Genshin Impact adventure in February 2024. Released 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:for Lantern Rite festivities, Gaming is ♐a Wushou dancer, the game’s stand-in for Chinese lion dancing and there are man𝓰y easy-to-miss details that hearken back to lion dancers in the real world.

Chinese lion dancing is a traditional form of dance that brings good luck and fortune. It’s usually performed at important events, such as Lunar New Year, business openings, weddings and funerals. In Chinese lion dancing, two dancers perform under the lion costume to live percussion. Lion dancing isn't to be mistaken for dragon dancing, where four to 20 dancers manipulate a dragon attached to poles.

The majority of the inღformation in this article is based on my own experience and knowledge passed down to me as a Chinese lion dancer for 16 years.

Suanni Lion Head Vs. Chinese Lion Dance Head

Beware of slight story spoilers. Gaming performs and fights in a black lion head with yellow accents. In Chinese lion dance tradition, lion colors indicate their age and perso💮nality. Black lions are the youngest lions. They use fast, quick movements and tend to have an impulsive personality. Chinese lion dance performances all tell a story, usually one depicting the lion overcoming a challenge. When a black lion tak🤡es the stage, they often make snap-judgment decisions that can get them into trouble.

This matches Gaming's personality and story arc. Gaming is a young impulsive dancer who ran away from home to pursue wushou dancing, rather than work out his differences with his father. Gaming is very energetic and approaches his challenges with headstrong determination. Gaming's story arc mirrors that of a black lion routine. Gaming encounters a challenge (a future with financial stability vs. dancing) and impulsively tackles the problem with energy, gusto, and not much forethought. It takes time and outside intervention (which would be the role of an older lion or a Happy Buddha) for him to overcome the challenge.

Gaming Is A Pyro Character

Chinese lion dance performances bring good fortune and scare away evil spirits. Accord𒅌ing to lion dance mythology, lion dancing originated to scare away . The only two things nián shòu is afraid of are loud noises and the color red. To combat the nián shòu, lion dance routines regularly incorporate loud firecrackers. This scares away the nián shòu to bring prosperity for the next year.

When dancing with firecrackers, lion dancers are usually given extra tr﷽aining, so they do not accidentally catch their fur costumes 🧸on fire.

Gaming's pyro abilities parallel traditional fire crackers. His pyro area of effect creates a loud explosion, which is further accented when Gaming activates his charged attack.

Gaming’s Red Color Palette Brings Good Luck

While Gaming dances with a black suanni, his primary color palette is red. In Chinese tradition, red is the color of good luck. That’s why you often see it associated w🐲ith Luna🌸r New Year: children receive red envelopes, people wear new red clothing, and homes are decorated with red decor.

Like the noisy firecrackers (and drums), reཧd scares away the nián shòu and other evil spirits. Given that wushou dancing in Teyvat is supposed to bring good luck, it m𒈔akes sense that Gaming is decked out in red.

Gaming’s Outfit Is Inspired By Tai Chi And Kung Fu Uniforms

Chinese lion dance tradition is based in martial arts schools, most commonly kung fu or tai chi. Both kung fu and tai chi uniforms consist of a loose-fitting button-up top with a Mandarin collar and loose harem pants. The outfits allow the practitioner flexibility and freedom of movement. You’ll find that༺ many modern lion dance teams replace the Mandarin collar shirt with a team-branded t-shirt.

Lion dancers wear loose, furry and sequin-decorated pants over their harem pants, secured with a cloth sash, reminiscent of the sash Gaming sports around his waist. They also wear lꦍion paws, which are either spats that fit over soft-sole shoes or are shoes designed to look like paws. The white detailing on Gaming’s shoes is a nod to lion dance paws.

Gaming Wears Fingerless Gloves To Protect His Hands

Lion dancers control the lion's head using two handles on the inside of the head near the lion’s mouth. While dancing, the handles sit on the side of the hand between the dancer’s thumb and pointer finger. The dancer uses their four fingers on their left hand to control the mouth and their right hand to pull the string that blinks the eyes and wags the ears.

This technique can blister the sensitive skin between fingers, so many dancers wear finger൩less gloves to protect their hands. Gaming’s gloves extend past his wrists, which would also give him more support as he dances with the suanni head. Chinese lion heads can weigh from 50 to 100 lbs if they’re made with paper mache. Given that Gaming uses his suanni head in battle, his head likely weighs closer to 100 lbs, making the extra wrist support vital.

Gaming Summons A Jong During His Melee Attacks

A high-level Chinese lion dance technique is when the dancers dance across jongs, platforms connected to tall poles. There are often 15 to 20 jongs in a lion dance routine, and they are typically between four and ten♒ feet tall. The dancers dance and perform acrobatic lifts while on the jongs, especially during championship competitions.

Gaming summons a short jong on the third hit of his standard melee combo. His elemental and charged attacks also pay homage to jongs, allowing Gaming to strike his enemies from abovꦺe, similar to when lion dancers jump from the jongs to the stage.

Gaming Dances To Drums

Chinese lion dance would not be possible without percussion. Lion dance music ♔is composed of three main instruments: drums, cymbals, and gong. The drum is the heartbeat of the lion. Each dance move has a corresponding drum beat. In freestyle dancing with one lion, the drum will follow the cue of the lion. But with two or more lions, the lions follow the beat of the drums.

When you activate Gaming’s charged attack, you can hear drums in th𒈔🌊e background. And if you listen closely, you can hear specific drum beat sequences, mirroring the drums used in Chinese lion dancing.

Another fun sound design to listen for only occurs during Gaming’s charged attack. when the dancer pulls the string to wag their ears and blink their eyes. That sound is incorporated into 🌱the background o🌠f Gaming’s charge attack.

Gaming’s Stances Are Inspired By Wushu Martial Arts

Most Chine🍸se lion dancers have some form of finishing stance that they use to strike a pose out of rolls, jumps, and other pauses iꦰn the routine. These stances become a dancer’s signature and help add to the personality of the lion.

Gaming’s dance style seems to be , a martial art that is in the same family as tai chi, with a little bit of kung fu for his aerial acrobatics. Taijijian practitioners use a straight sword called a jian, which is similar to swords in Teyvat. Genshin Impact modified the style to use a claymore, making Gaming's movements slower and more exaggerated than the traditional martial art.

Gaming is no different. Upon completing a standard attack combo, he strikes a pose similar to jian wushu’s Jin Ji Du Li pose, which means “golden rooster stand💦s on one leg.” Coming off a plunging attack, Gaming usually resets into a pose many lion dance teams call a pointed paw, where the dancer puts all of their weight on their back leg and points🥃 their toe in a cat-like fashion. Both of these stances allow Gaming to shift his weight and use his momentum to transition into his next attack pattern.