Hoyo went hard with Dan Heng and Blade's designs...

From the obvious to the obscure, Hoyoverse goes to extreme lengths when designing every little detail about their characters and world. Here's what I've uncovered from spending way too much researching Dan Heng and Blade...

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Links
CN Renheng Artefact Design Analysis: https://m.weibo.cn/status/49241194032...
Ancient Chinese Bronze Artefacts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese...
Good book connecting multiple things in this video: https://georgehbalazs.com/wp-content/...
Three-legged Toad https://www.taiwan-panorama.com/en/Ar...
Spear of Fuchai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spear_o...
Yellow Dragon https://m.sohu.com/a/779182930_121141...
Lotus and Mud https://baike.baidu.com/item/出淤泥而不染/9...
Mid Autumn Festival https://moonfestivalblog.com/moon-fes...
Buddhist Encyclopedia https://www.google.com.au/books/editi...
Gold spider lilies as Dragon Claw Flower https://www.nps.gov.tw/news/271-engli...
About Red Spider Lilies https://www.metrofieldguide.com/folkl....
Karma https://www.google.com.au/books/editi...
Asipatravana (Forest of Swords) https://sacred-texts.com/hin/vp/vp064...
Evolution of Chang’e Mythology https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_fo...
Evolution of Chang’e Mythology 2 https://baike-baidu-hk.translate.goog...
Wu Gang https://baike.baidu.com/item/吴刚/747
Heng’E and Wu Gang on the moon https://www.google.com.au/books/editi...
Another Chang’e and Wu Gang http://www.guoxiaolu.com/WR_LITAOI_fl...
Chinese Symbolism Dictionary, see: Cinnamon Tree (pg 76) for early Wu Gang https://www.google.com.au/books/editi...
Feng (meat) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feng_(m...)
95 Moons of Jupiter https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sats/discove...
Wuxing Yin Yang http://www.chinaknowledge.de/Literatu...
About Sanxingdui Museum’s Bronze Tree https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-03-17...
More artefacts https://muguayuan.com/2019/13305.html
Dan Heng and Bailu New Year Art https://weibo.com/7817290049/NFOvWDdP...
Nasa dates https://moon.nasa.gov/news/196/the-ne...

Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
00:43 - Wuxing
02:29 - 95 Moons
03:09 - Taisui and Abundance
04:04 - Wuxing and Xianzhou
05:33 - Chang'e and Hou Yi
09:55 - Wu Gang
12:22 - Blade's Suns???
13:20 - Spider Lily and Lotus
14:23 - Hell, the Shackling Prison, and the 10 Lords Commission
17:48 - Autumn
19:41 - Nuwa and Fuxi
21:18 - Gun
22:17 - Light and Shadow
23:33 - Sword of Goujian and Spear of Fuchai
24:18 - The Shape of the Turtle
24:42 - Recap
25:11 - Outro