Canthan New Year

The Canthan New Year (also called Lunar Festival as it occurs around the Lunar New Year) is a yearly festival that celebrates the particular celestial animal which will watch over Canthans during the coming year. During the celebrations Canthan citizens work to prepare special meals for the celestial animal and if the animal is pleased, it will bestow good luck upon the citizens. The primary celebrations occur on Shing Jea Island on the Shing Jea Boardwalk, but Canthan citizens have brought the tradition on a smaller scale to both Lion's Arch and Kamadan.

Players present for a finale are always presented with a Lion Mask festival hat as a traditionally themed item of the holiday.

Quests
Sunqua Vale
 * Hapless Chong
 * Just My Luck

Shing Jea Monastery
 * Coordinator Tahyaa
 * Fire in the Sky
 * The Big Bang
 * Johai Sohn
 * The Knights Who Say Nian
 * Hai Len
 * Hopeless Romantic

Plains of Jarin or
 * Elder Nofuun
 * Douse Your Enthusiasm
 * Fehj
 * A Burning Desire

NPCs
These Canthan New Year NPCs appear with Shing Jea Boardwalk event NPCs:

Acquistion notes
Canthan New Year miniatures drop from Lunar Fortunes with two exceptions:
 * 1) (Ordinary) Miniature Pigs were given to everyone in a 2007 district that had a successful finale; they also dropped from 2007 Lunar Fortunes.
 * 2) Celestial Pigs were available in 2008 from collectors in exchange for 5 ordinary Pigs.

Finale
The Canthan New Year finale is a time when the celestial animal will visit Shing Jea Monastery to bring in the new year. Imperial Chefs will ask players to hand in ingredients within a ten minutes countdown. Depending on the the number of successful dishes completed, players will be given rewards from the celestial.