Chongling

Chongling is the het ship between Chongyun and Xiangling from the Genshin Impact fandom.

Canon
Both, Chongyun and Xiangling are currently in good terms of friendship. They have some similarities, they're both playable 4 stars. And gameplay-wise, they're amazing supports, they can be a great duo due to the melt reaction.

Voicelines
Chongyun talks about Xiangling's cooking, and that it's universally praised. However, he mentions that he personally doesn't touch any of her spicy dishes. The Traveler started asking the reason why, in which case, Chongyun lies. Saying that it's because of personal preference. As the real reason why, is because he can get out of control when he eats it.

Xiangling talks about Chongyun and how he always gets dragged by Xingqiu, she states that he doesn't eat spicy food. She brings up about Chongyun's face every time the hot food arrives, is priceless, and says that Xingqiu politely apologizes and started to try every dish.

Lore
In Chongyun's Lore, in one of the stories. It mentions about Chongyun's being very sensitive to any hot, or spice foods. Because it make Chongyun lose out of control, in which, Xiangling is one of the victims in the situation. Chongyun never expect that the rice balls were stuffed with Jueyun Chili, which made him lose out of control, during the time he was losing out of control. He claims that he sense an evil spirit in Wanmin Restaurant, and slaps a charm on Xiangling's forehead, and then chases her around, with his sword.

From the aftermath of the predicament. Chongyun had to save for an entire month and pay Wanmin Restaurant back for the mess and damages he had caused. Chongyun gave Xiangling an evil-warding talisman that he had carved by hand. However, during the aftermath of the situation, Xiangling states that she didn't mind Chongyun's "transgression" at all. Instead, she tells that the crazy Chongyun was the real Chongyun, without any personal walls up.

Moonchase Festival
In Act 1, Xiangling asks Chongyun, alongside Xingqiu, what types of foods do they like. Chongyun becomes shocked and asks back if she's not thinking of taking part of the Masterful Chef. Although, Xiangling tells him that yes, she is taking part of it, she becomes worried asks him what's wrong as he looks like as if he had seen a ghost. Chongyun face palms, but answers her, saying that it's a major event and started begged her to not cook anything strange for the competition. Xiangling declined his answer, exclaiming what does he mean by "strange".

Lantern Rite 2022
Xiangling, along with her close friends watches fireworks

Lantern Rite 2023
In Lantern Rite 2023, Hu Tao invites her friends to a banquet at Xinyue Kiosk, in order to have a little-get-together between her friends, saying farewell to the past and embracing the present with joy. During the scene, it's mentioned that Xiangling asked Chongyun to try out her new dishes.

After the party is over, Hu Tao, Xingqiu, Xiangling and Chongyun leave together. When we find them together at docks later, where they talk about how Xingqiu met Venti. At the dinner table, Xiangling and Chongyun were convinced by Xingqiu's lie, but not Hu Tao. She asks Xingqiu to be honest about how he and venti really met. Xingqiu tries to dodge the topic, but eventually agrees to tell them the "truth" and says that he's actually a fan of Venti's poetry, and Venti didn't want to tell everyone the truth at the dinner table because he didn't want to embarrass Xingqiu. This convinces Xiangling and Chongyun. Hearing all this, Hu Tao has no choice to be convinced, and tells everyone to just drop the topic. She was there to have fun with her all 4 of her best friends. She proposes to go shopping, or play Hide-n-Seek or Hopscotch. Chongyun also suggests they borrow a mahjong set.

Lantern Rite Promotional Video: Dream Upon a Lantern
All four of them, Xiangling, Chongyun, Hu Tao, and Xingqiu are shown walking down the steps in Liyue Harbour

Quotes
"Xiangling's cooking is universally praised, but I personally don't touch any of her spicy dishes. Why? Oh, you know — just, uh... personal preference, that's all. I mean, come on, Mushroom Slime Stew... Does that sound appetizing to you?"

- Chongyun's Voiceline about Xiangling

"Chongyun? I always see him on his way to eat at Wanmin Restaurant with Xingqiu... Ah... or perhaps I should say I see him being dragged there by Xingqiu? Chongyun doesn't eat hot food. Every time the hot food arrives, Xingqiu politely apologizes and proceeds to try every dish. I just wanna dig in with him! The look on Chongyun's face is priceless. They're quite interesting, those two."

- Xiangling's Voiceline about Chongyun

Fanon
Chongling's popularity is very small, supposedly it's a small ship, and a rarepair among the Genshin Impact fandom. Due to the fact Xingyun and Taoling are overshadowing it and they were often shipped because of their friendship, since they both have bad impressions of each other, and their lore and voicelines. Chongling has over 60 works on AO3.

Fandom
FAN FICTION