Mo Qingxian

Mo Qingxian (墨 清弦) is an upcoming Chinese VOCALOID4 to be developed by Shanghai HENIAN Co. Ltd.

Qingxian was a runner up entry to the first "VOCALOID™ CHINA" contest in 2012, held for choosing the design of the first Chinese VOCALOID and was a Vsinger supporting character for five years. On December 8, 2016, Qingxian was confirmed to be in production along with Zhiyu Moke.

2012
A contest titled "VOCALOID CHINA" was held to determine the design of the first Chinese VOCALOID, which ended on January 3, 2012. On January 17, the winner was revealed to be Yayin Gongyu, the original version of Luo Tianyi, in Shanghai. She was the top ranked design of 5 winning entries for the contest, with one of them being Chou who is now known as Mo Qingxian. Their finalized designs were revealed on March 22. Since then, Qingxian was only used as a promotional character concept.

2013
Due to controversial issues occurring in 2013, Qingxian and the other members of VOCALOID CHINA were unable to become VOCALOIDs for the time being.

2014
In March 2014, Shanghai HENIAN repurchased the character rights for all of the VOCALOID CHINA cast members and relaunched the project as VOCANESE.

2015
On May 29th, 2015, during a Q/A Session about Stardust, Shanghai HENIAN confirmed that all VOCANESE characters are their main priority, despite receiving commission works from small groups and other companies.

2016
On December 8, 2016, during a media press, it was restated that Mo Qingxian and Zhiyu Moke were in production.

Concept
According to the short animation series promoting VOCALOID CHINA, Qingxian is a fashionable high school student. Because of her elegant and mature outlook, she is extremely popular in school. Even though she seems to be a mysterious character, she actually has a slow reaction due to her poor health. She dresses fashionably most of the time, yet her actions show great elegance and traditional beauty. Qingxian loves traditional Chinese literature and poems, and is capable of playing many traditional Chinese instruments skillfully. Even though she reacts slowly, she still tries her best to take care of the juniors and the people around her. She also has a tendency to become randomly philosophical.

Etymology
Her original name was "Chou", however, this was dropped because it was written in a Japanese naming style rather than Chinese. Her surname, "Mò" (墨), means “black” or “ink” in Chinese. "Qīng" (清) means “clear”, while "Xián" (弦) is a “string of musical instruments”.

Appearance
The design was originally drawn by HANS, but was refined and redrawn by illustrator ideolo.

Located on Qingxian’s neck, there is a purple charm with a Sanskrit character on it, which represents the "Earth" element, the "Middle" position, the color "yellow", and the "Long Summer" season. This character’s Chinese equivalent is "宫", one of the 5 Traditional Chinese melody characters.

Relations

 * Luo Tianyi: Companion
 * Yuezheng Ling: Companion
 * Yuezheng Longya: Companion
 * Zhiyu Moke: Companion
 * YANHE: Fellow Vsinger Member
 * Yi Xian Qing: Pet

Marketing
Mo Qingxian was a fan-designed VOCALOID that was entered in the first "VOCALOID CHINA" contest, like Luo Tianyi. She was created with VOCALOID fans in mind.

VOCALOID CHINA PROJECT released a five-part promotional animation series for the VOCALOID CHINA characters. On May 15th, 2012, at CFO3, the full first PV was made available, mainly featuring Tianyi with Ling making a brief cameo at the end. Qingxian’s official introduction takes place in the third episode.

In January 2015, VOCANESE promoted a 2015 calendar, celebrating the Year of the Ram. Qingxian appears in the inside content.

Two contests were held in 2016 to allow fans to design a set of Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter clothes that are based on the Vsinger girls.

Prior to her release, Qingxian would be making an appearance at the Vsinger concert on June 17, 2017. It is unknown whether she will be singing or be merely used as a backup dancer along with Zhiyu Moke.