So this is the first in a bunch of culture uploads today. Anyway the last of the Asian continent’s cultures, today we look briefly how the Chinese culture has influenced Destiny: Weapons: - The Jade Rabbit - Named after the Jade Rabbit from a story of Asian folklore, the moon Rabbit. The story tells the tale of a Rabbit who sacrificed it’s own body to feed an old man. The man was actually the Jade Emperor. The Rabbit was gifted life in the heavens and a new coat of fur, making it an almost Jade colour. The Rabbit was then tasked with the job to create the pull of immortality. An incident, in which the Rabbit gave more than one pill to an immortal, inevitably resulted in the rabbit’s punishment being exiled to the moon. The emblem in D1 can be found in the Hellmouth on the moon, a parallel to this story. [spoiler] Link to mylin games coverage of the story behind the story of the jade rabbit, which goes into the story in much more depth than I have. https://youtu.be/laRk8T8XHZw[/spoiler] - Jianshi AR4 - A Chinese “hopping” vampire is a type of reanimated corpse. - Primes Diyù SR5 - The realm of the dead or “hell” in Chinese mythology. - Jian-7 - Jian or Tian Jian, was the last king of Qi, one of the 7 major states of the warring states period of Ancient China. - Armillary PSÜ - armillary speres we’re used for astronomical measuring. It was used in Ancient China (as well as Greece and later in the Islamic world and Medieval Europe). Armillary spheres are seen in various locations throughout both games. - Kaifeng-HC3 - a prefecture-level city in east-central Henan province of China. Once the Capital of the Song Dynasty, and is one of the Eight Ancient Capitals If China. Thanks to Bumblebee793: [quote]- Fighting Lion - In the description of the weapon they called it Zhang Fei which was a name given to a military general serving under Liu Bei in the eastern Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period of China.[/quote] Armour: Thanks to Sarge124: [quote]- Taikonaut - this helmet is the name given to the equivalent of Chinese astronauts. [/quote] [spoiler] 谢谢你的阅读。我非常感谢您花时间阅读这些帖子。[/spoiler] [spoiler]if you got this far, thank you for reading. I’d really appreciate if you leave any that I couldn’t find and I’ll edit OP with your find. Link to my master post https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/247827988/0/0 [/spoiler]