Genshin Impact: How many secrets do you know about Hu Tao?

In the vast and boundless game world, Genshin Impact attracts the attention of countless players with its unique charm. Among them, Hu Tao has become the favorite of many players with her distinctive personality, unique skill set, and the deep cultural heritage behind her. In this article, we will help travelers better understand this character from four things: the origin of Hu Tao's Vision, her ghost friend "Boo Tao", Plum Blossoms, and the butterfly.

Introduction to Hu Tao

Hu Tao, just by looking at the appearance seems to be just a quirky girl. In fact, is the 77th Director of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, the girl in charge of the affairs of Parlor. However, she doesn't have any attitude. Being the Director of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor and the "famous" poet of Liyue, Hu Tao's identities are all marvelous. She appeared and disappeared as quickly as lightning and sparks, igniting everything with her appearance.

How did Hu Tao get her Vision?

Hu Tao's Vision source is full of drama and philosophy. After Hu Tao's grandfather dies, she embarks on a journey to find the border between life and death with deep longing for him. She hopes to pass this border and see her grandfather again.

However, after a long wait and an exhausting search, she was never able to fulfill her wish. When she was about to use up all her food and water, a old woman appeared before her and told her some profound truths. All Director of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor had seen through death and were not to wander here any longer; Old Hu, who had never shown up, had probably already crossed the border to the place where he was supposed to be.

Hu Tao ended her journey in relief and returned to the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor. When she opened the small package that she had thought was already empty, she found a Vision lying quietly inside. Perhaps this then constituted a heavenly gift… the ultimate recognition of her journey.

Death does not mean passing away, but a new rebirth, where people's wills are passed on from generation to generation.

Hu Tao: Fragrance in Thaw

"Fragrance in Thaw" symbolizes the beautiful sight of snow melting and skies clearing. When the sky clears after a snowfall and the plum blossoms bloom with their fragrance, it is not only a wonderful sight of nature, but also symbolizes breaking free from hardship or suffering and ushering in new life and hope. As Hu Tao experienced, the first time she faced a parting of life and death was the passing away of Old Hu.

People are born, they grow old, they get sick, and they die. However, after seeing through life and death, Hu Tao returns from the border between life and death, her mind is enlightened, and everything becomes bright and happy. This resilience and hope emanates from the depths of her heart.

The character of Hu Tao has not only won the hearts of countless travelers in the game world, but also aroused widespread concern in real life. Her charm is not only reflected in those fascinating stories in the game, but also permeates into life. From the exquisite Hu Tao figure to the small and cute stands, badges and shake figure, to Hu Tao keyboard and other 3C digital products that incorporate her unique elements, each of them seems to be telling the story of Hu Tao and conveying her charm. These merch products not only satisfy travelers' desire for collection, but also make Hu Tao's image more deeply rooted in travelers' minds.

Hu Tao's Ghost

The little ghost is Hu Tao's best friend, just like Klee and her doll Dodoco, Xiangling and her partner Guoba, and Yaoyao and her guardian Yuegui, Hu Tao and her Ghost are also good side-by-side companions. Many travelers are curious about the name of the ghost, and most players affectionately call it "Boo Tao" out of love. However, it is worth noting that Genshin Impact official has not yet made any special explanation or official confirmation of this naming, so the real name of Hu Tao's Ghost is still a mystery worth exploring and researching.

Hu Tao Butterfly

Another representative element of Hu Tao is the butterfly. Her skills "Paramita Papilio" and "Flutter By", as well as her constellation "Butterfly's Embrace", and even the butterfly blinking when she dodges, all skill fully incorporate this element.

The butterfly symbolizes reincarnation from the butterfly's metamorphosis phenomenon, i.e. people's associations triggered from the butterfly's feathering and metamorphosis, so the butterfly's imagery has common features in both Eastern and Western cultures.

For example, in Greek culture the larva of a butterfly is a metaphor for the physical body of a person in the present life, the chrysalis represents death, and the feathering into a butterfly is the sublimation of the soul after death; in Christian allegory the caterpillar, the chrysalis, and the butterfly also symbolize life, death, and resurrection, respectively.

Butterflies symbolize the soul and death in Taoism. There is a particularly famous story from ancient times called "Zhuang Zhou's Dream of the Butterfly". From the story, one can realize the connection and philosophy between man and butterfly. It is Zhuang Zhou's great fortune to be transformed into a butterfly, because by being transformed into a butterfly, he can follow nature and not be swayed by fame and fortune, or controlled by desires.

The life course of a butterfly is itself a process from life to death and back again. For the butterfly, the death of the chrysalis is not the end of life, but the beginning of another kind of life, and people find some kind of fit with the idea of death and resurrection in the butterfly's metamorphosis process.

The cycle of life and death, break the cocoon into a butterfly. This truth is also the belief of Hu Tao.