Canthan New Year

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Join the people of Cantha as they honor the Celestial Animal of the coming year by preparing a heavenly feast! This annual weekend celebration features Canthan cuisine, festive fireworks, special prizes, and the famed Shing Jea Boardwalk!

— Official website

Animal	Year
Pig	2007
Rat	2008
Ox	2009
Tiger	2010
Rabbit	2011
Dragon	2012
Snake	2013
Horse	2014
Sheep	2015
Monkey	2016
Rooster	2017
Dog	2018

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

• Elder Nofuun
  • Douse Your Enthusiasm

or

• Fehj
  • A Burning Desire

Other festivities

Each Canthan New Year will make the Shing Jea Boardwalk, Dragon Arena, and Rollerbeetle Racing available for use as well. Lunar Tokens will also drop from PvE foes for the duration of the event.

NPCs

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

Shing Jea Monastery	Lion's Arch	Kamadan, Jewel of Istan	Great Temple of Balthazar
Coordinator Tahyaa Court Astrologer Fortune Teller Guff Hufflebeak Hai Len Hanpo Sai Imperial Chef Chen Imperial Chef Jiong Imperial Chef Reun Imperial Chef Tian Imperial Chef Yan Jiaru Johai Sohn Kamari Kuujii Lorespinner Ri So Nishu Noonan Tien	Fortune Teller Keiichi Lorespinner Sta Si Lucky Hochei Rena Shion Tien the Lamplighter	Fortune Teller Lien Lorespinner Emmah Li Yuen Bao	Fortune Teller

Collectors

Name	Location	Collects	Campaign
Lunar Fortune Giver	Shing Jea Monastery	3 Lunar Tokens	Factions
Lunar Gift Keeper	Shing Jea Monastery	5 Lunar Tokens	Factions
Sheng Yi	Shing Jea Monastery	10 Victory Tokens	Factions
Seiji	Shing Jea Monastery	5 Victory Tokens	Factions
Kao Tseng	Shing Jea Monastery	25 Festival Tickets	Factions
Lunar Gift Keeper	Lion's Arch	5 Lunar Tokens	Prophecies
Zaishen Supply Master	Lion's Arch	5 Victory Tokens	Prophecies
Zaishen Supply Master	Lion's Arch	10 Victory Tokens	Prophecies
Lunar Gift Keeper	Kamadan, Jewel of Istan	5 Lunar Tokens	Nightfall
Zaishen Supply Master	Kamadan, Jewel of Istan	5 Victory Tokens	Nightfall
Zaishen Supply Master	Kamadan, Jewel of Istan	10 Victory Tokens	Nightfall
Lunar Gift Keeper	Great Temple of Balthazar	5 Lunar Tokens	Core
Zaishen Supply Master	Great Temple of Balthazar	5 Victory Tokens	Core
Zaishen Supply Master	Great Temple of Balthazar	10 Victory Tokens	Core

Items

Icon	Item	Icon	Item
	Bottle of Rice Wine		Lunar Token
	Bottle Rocket		Sparkler
	Celestial Summoning Stone		Sugary Blue Drink
	Champagne Popper		Red Bean Cake
	Crate of Fireworks		Red Gift Bag
	Lunar Fortune

Headgear

Lion Mask

Miniatures

Year	2007	2008		2009	2010	2011	2012
Miniature	Pig1	Celestial Pig2	Celestial Rat	Celestial Ox	Celestial Tiger	Celestial Rabbit	Celestial Dragon

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.
3. The ones how got all the Celestial mini pets , will be granted with a Guild Wars 2 copy

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.

Notes

• With the exception of 2012, Canthan New Year occurs in the weekend immediately after or during Chinese New Year:

Year	Canthan New Year	Chinese New Year
2007	16 – 19 February	18 February
2008	8 – 11 February	7 February
2009	30 January – 2 February	26 January
2010	12 – 15 February	14 February
2011	3 – 7 February	3 February
2012	2 – 6 February	23 January

Trivia

• Canthan New Year draws inspiration from the Chinese New Year. Among many similarities, the zodiacal animals match with Chinese astrology, the Nian are creatures from the Chinese New Year, and the festival culminates in a huge banquet.

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