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- Okay, everyone. Please excuse me, I should get back to work now. Take good care of Keqing for me.
- — Ganyu, during the Moonchase Festival
Ganqing is the femslash ship between Ganyu and Keqing from the Genshin Impact fandom.
Canon[]
Archon Quests[]
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Keqing is the Yuheng of the Liyue Qixing, the governing body that rules their nation, and Ganyu is the general secretary of the Liyue Qixing. The pair work closely together.
In the first Interlude Chapter, Ganyu and Keqing are side-by-side as they face Osial's wife in the cinematic cutscene.
Lantern Rite[]
The two frequently appear together in the yearly Lantern Rite event (the equivalent of Chinese New Year).
Fleeting Colors in Flight (2022)[]
Cloud Retainer was surprised when Keqing came to visit her. It is also shown that when Cloud Retainer started talking about Ganyu's past, the subject in question wanted to leave the conversation saying that she has important matters to attend to, but was stopped by the former saying that she could ask Keqing instead of going back to Ningguang. Keqing then helped Ganyu by lying that Ganyu had to ask for some advice from Ningguang because both Keqing and Ningguang have different opinions on the matter.
After the Lantern Rite cutscene, we can find Ganyu at Mt. Aocang. When talking to Ganyu, she says how she would just spend the holiday with Cloud Retainer, as usual, while the latter would continue to ask if the adepti had any career development or crushes that she should know about.
The Exquisite Night Chimes (2023)[]
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Keqing and Ganyu are both there to help with Dvorak's project.
Vibrant Harriers Aloft in Spring Breeze (2024)[]
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Springtime Charms (2025)[]
Ganyu first appears while Keqing is explaining the story of the “Three Beasts of Tao Dou” to the Traveler and Paimon. Upon seeing Ganyu, Keqing excuses herself, citing important work that she and Ganyu need to go do. The two urge the Traveler to enjoy the festivities and agree to take care of themselves before leaving. It is later revealed that they had been called away by Ningguang as part of her plan to enact the Seven-and-Eight-Gates Method to fix the border between life and death, with Keqing and Ganyu being assigned to handle the gates of Life and Concealment respectively.
After the crisis is resolved, Keqing seeks out Ganyu to apologize for how busy it’s been and to commend them both for doing their part to help out. Ganyu asks about the source of the method, and Keqing at first jokes about how Ningguang had made it up before revealing that they’d discovered it through a mysterious letter that appeared out of nowhere. She nudges Ganyu to think about where it could have come from, and after Ganyu realizes that it was probably from the adepti, Keqing smiles and raises her brows in affirmation.
Afterwards, they can both be found individually in the overworld and given custom gift envelopes. When gifting to Ganyu, she will mention how both she and Keqing rushed over to Bubu Pharmacy as soon as they heard that the Traveler was unconscious and being taken there. When gifting to Keqing, she’ll bring up being unable to finish her reciprocatory gift envelope at the moment since she needs to discuss things with Ganyu soon.
Other Events[]
Moonlight Merriment (2021)[]
Taking place after the “Chapter I” Archon Quest set in Liyue and before the “Fleeting Colors in Flight” Lantern Rite event, this event heavily focuses on Keqing during the Moonchase Festival (the equivalent of the real world Mid-Autumn Festival).
They both had in-game interaction with each other. Ganyu came after Cloud Retainer has made an appearance at the festival. The former asked the group if the latter had said something about her childhood. Fortunately for Ganyu, Keqing states Cloud Retainer hasn't even mentioned anything about her.
After that, Paimon seemed to be eager to know about it and started asking Keqing why she wasn't curious about it. This led to Ganyu getting very nervous and Keqing standing up for her, saying they should not try to find about Ganyu's secrets if she doesn't wish to share them. Ganyu then thanked Keqing, telling her she always seen her as a very kind and considerate person, making Keqing flustered in response. Ganyu then takes her leave afterwards, but not before asking the others to ”take good care of Keqing [for her]". The Traveler then comments saying that Ganyu sounded like Keqing's big sister at the end.
Travelers' Tales: Anthology Chapter (2025)[]
In Keqing’s Anecdote, Keqing brings up how she had sprained her ankle after a recent land survey. She woke up unable to walk the next day but was thankfully found by Ganyu who had stopped by to check up on her. Ganyu then went to fetch Baizhu to administer medical aid.
Web Events[]
The two are animated together in the "An Unforgettable Journey" web event. They are also shown one right after the other in the Liyue section of the "Canvas of Starlight Memories" web event when reflecting on the player's Realm Within stats. In the “Discover Teyvat” web event, Ganyu is the 7th character visited, followed by Keqing as the 8th character to visit.
Voice-Overs[]
Keqing has two voicelines about Ganyu, the first of which states her distaste towards Ganyu's devotion for Rex Lapis. "In the workplace, she'll carry out my instructions to the letter, even when I can tell she has her reservations. It's a good attitude to have as a career professional." However, she also praises Ganyu's work attitude and ethic.
Her second voiceline, titled "Reflection", has shown her to have changed some of her previous ideas of Ganyu. With all the events occurring in Liyue, Keqing talks about how she relies more on Ganyu. She says it feels a little awkward, especially since she used to be so critical of Rex Lapis in front of Ganyu, but Ganyu doesn't seem to mind.
Ganyu, similarly, has two voicelines about Keqing. Just like Keqing, the first voiceline describes her indignance towards Keqing for her lack of respect for Rex Lapis. Although Rex Lapis himself has said that Keqing's attitude is what Liyue needs in this time, Ganyu is still skeptical.
The second voiceline is about her changing perspectives like Keqing had. She talks about how Keqing had come to her for help, and slowly, Ganyu had began to understand her a bit more.
Quotes[]
- Main article: Ganqing/Quotes
Fanon[]
This pair quickly became popular in the fandom because of the ship dynamic and aesthetic. The fact that they are both a part of the Liyue Qixing also helps boost their fame. The contrasting opinions regarding Rex Lapis has been used to write some lighthearted rivalry stories, especially with the two learning to understand each other as mentioned before in their voicelines. Many people enjoy the purple and blue cross of the characters, with tons of fanart having been created with this in mind. Fans also find their contrasting personalities, with Ganyu being soft-spoken and Keqing being assertive, to make a fun dynamic when paired together.
There are currently 1600+ works of the ship on Archive of Our Own.
Fandom[]
- FAN FICTION
- Ganyu/Keqing tag on AO3
- Ganyu & Keqing tag on AO3
- FAN ART
- 刻甘 tag on Pixiv
- Ganqing tag on DeviantArt
Trivia[]
- Gǎnqíng (感情) is an important concept in social relations in Chinese culture which is also loosely translated as "feeling," wherein it is a friendship-like feeling that develops between two people, groups, or business partners as their relationship deepens.[1] Though, the Chinese characters used for the word itself and the ones derived from Ganyu and Keqing's names used in the ship name are drastically different.
- In Keqing's second birthday mail, her mail contained Qingxin Flowers, which is one of Ganyu's character ascension materials.
- On February 11, 2022, Genshin Impact's official Twitter account jokingly replied with "Ganqing Impact?" to one of the comments on their official art post of the two skiing with Paimon[2]. This has since then been deleted by the official Twitter account shortly after, due to them having to redraw the error on Ganyu's right ski pole seemingly floating outside her grasp.[3]
- Shortly after, a Sirus Gaming article written by Christian Pepito was made on the matter, looking into the incident. While citing the Ganqing page of this wiki as a source to what the ship is about.
- Both Ganyu and Keqing use the others' Character Card in their Genius Invokation TCG decks.
- In the 2023 Lantern Rite event “The Exquisite Night Chimes,” when attempting to list the “loads of friends in Liyue Harbor” that Ganyu has, Paimon is only able to name two - one of whom is Keqing.
- By the time of the 2025 Lantern Rite event “Springtime Charms,” Ganyu has completely dropped the “Lady” honorific she used to address Keqing with and just calls her “Keqing.”
- In Chinese, Ganyu drops the “小姐” honorific, which was originally used in olden China as a form of respect for young women in positions of authority. This signifies how close she’s gotten with Keqing over the years.
- In the “Moonlight Merriment” event, before she leaves, Ganyu also briefly refers to Keqing without any honorifics when asking the others to look after Keqing for her.
- In only the English localization of the quest, Ganyu also says Keqing’s name without honorifics right after Keqing defends Ganyu’s secrecy regarding Cloud Retainer.
- Keqing’s Anecdote implies that not only does Ganyu know where Keqing lives, but that Ganyu also habitually drops by Keqing’s place to find her.
- In the overworld, a message on the Stone Gate Bulletin Board notes how “a wealthy-looking girl dressed in purple” came by to ask questions about the land, the people's daily consumption, and more. According to the message, Keqing introduced herself as a general secretary from Yujing Terrace, which is actually Ganyu's title.
Gallery[]
- Main article: Ganqing/Gallery
