“Happy Lantern Rite, to Anyone Who Sees This” – Genshin Impact Fans Celebrate Lantern Festival With HoYoverse’s Special Short Film

Genshin Impact stands as one of the most famous gacha games in the industry that takes the players on a ride into the wonders of the utopian land of Teyvat. With a majestic feeling, the game brings the players together, and this time, with the feeling of The Lantern Rite through the medium of a soulful short film.

The Lantern Rite event in Genshin Impact correlates to the annual Lantern Festival that celebrates the spirit of the Spring Festival and also the Chinese New Year. Taking some time out of the character releases and character trailers, HoYoverse has entertained the community with an educative and wholesome short film, “Fish Shaped Lanterns.”

Genshin Impact releases a short film to celebrate the Lantern Festival

The short film starts with a conversation between a father and a son. The father educates his son about the idea of the motivation for celebrating the festival every year. It all started when their ancestors adopted the practice of using fish-shaped lanterns to cover the frequent fires in the village. While they hoped for good weather, the fires never broke into the village by carrying out the festival.

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The film then showcases the same kid as a young adult who gets persuaded by his friends to attend the festival in his village and he does so, only after seeing an abstract visual of a big fish lantern. As he reaches home with his friends, greetings are exchanged, and as he goes to meet his father the viewers understand that there exists some friction between the two.

Seeing a structure covered by a cloth, he finds his father the next day on a mountain repairing the covered structure which in reality was a big fish lantern, the same as the visual he sees earlier. We get to know that the fish structure mistakenly caught fire as the son was sticking the candle when the father and son were making it, and as the tensions began after that the son left the house.

Reminiscing on all of this, he lends a helping hand to his father, and the friction between the two eases out into an even closer relationship. Hence, the film sends the message, “Let the light in your heart guide your way home.”

What were the reactions of the fans to the short film?

The fans were head over heels as this short film by Genshin Impact soothed the hearts of the people. The comment section got filled with wishes for a great new year ahead. A person said, “This is actually so beautiful- Genshin has made it so far. Happy Lantern Rite, to anyone who sees this!” Other reactions of the people were:

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