A “Honor of Kings” player watches a video unveiling Hai Yue’s new skin on Aug 27. – Xinhua photo CHENGDU (Sept 8): A 3,000-year-old gold ornament has been reimagined as a character skin in Tencent’s popular mobile game “Honor of Kings,” quickly captivating players with its unique design. Launched in March, the skin features Hai Yue, a female mage hero, crowned with a halo inspired by the ancient “Sun and Immortal Birds” ornament.
The treasure, with its pattern of immortal birds carrying the sun, symbolizes the ancient Chinese people’s deep reverence for light and life. “The skin is so beautiful. I must play Hai Yue more just for the new skin,” posted a user on China’s microblogging site Weibo.
“Bringing radiant light to the human world, it feels as if a divine presence has descended,” another netizen wrote. Originally crafted during the Shang and Zhou dynasties (1600 BC-256 BC), the Sun and Immortal Birds was discovered in 2001 at the Jinsha ruins in southwest China’s Chengdu and is now on display at the Jinsha Site Museum. The artifact is a round, disc-shaped object, measuring just 0.
02 centimeters thick and made of 94.2 per cent pure gold. It features a central sun with 12 radiating rays, surrounded by four birds.
The birds, depicted with their heads lifted and legs extended as if in flight, appear to propel the sun forward. Since the characteristics of Hai Yue align with the attributes of the Sun and Immortal Birds — mysterious, elegant an.