Another thread of Xiao’s cultural lore: Xiao in relation to the God of Wind in China (飞廉 Feilian)
Tldr: Xiao is the God of Wind in Liyue, the outrider who moves the moon chariot (Wangshu) for Rex Lapis.
#zhongxiao In ancient Chinese culture, Feilian(飞廉) is an important wind deity with birdy features. He is also called by a name that reminds ppl of his capacity, Fengbo(风伯), the God of Wind.

I'd be sad if there is any zx shipper who hasn't known the meaning of the name of Xiao's medicine yet 😭😭
连理镇心散（Lianlizhenxinsan） is made of two parts, 连理(lianli)+镇心散(zhenxinsan).
The latter part 镇心散 is a real, existing traditional Chinese medicine- -originally for appeasing women's anxiety after delivery 😐. And 连理 is like a rhetoric phrase added before the medicine. It's not seen in real life so we're sure hyv did it deliberately. It is a phrase which literally means tree branches intertwining together, and-

#zhongxiao #钟魈 #鐘魈 A romantic theory about zhongxiao based on the description of primordial jade greatsword: fish Xiao is also possible and the primordial jade greatsword is probably for his fish form.
In traditional Chinese culture, the 鹏(peng) bird has another form of- -鲲(kun), which is a giant fish. Many people believe that 鲲(kun) is actually the whale observed by ancient Chinese people. As we know Xiao is also called 金鹏(Jinpeng) and most of us assume he has a bird form, it is very interesting to see the stone falcon(or kite in other texts