12/02/2026
A little history on the Chinese New Year as it approaches on 2/17 🔥🐴 The legend of The Great Race is how the order of the zodiac was determined. The jade emperor invited all of the animals in the kingdom to participate in crossing a great river. The order in which they made it to the other side is the order the zodiac would go in. The rat was first, followed by the ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog, and finally the pig!
A fun way people are celebrating this new year is by hanging pictures of Draco Malfoy upside down in their homes, this is because the word for “upside-down” (倒, dao) is word play on the word “arrive” (到, dao) in Mandarin. Hanging the fu 福 upside down means “Good fortune has arrived”. In Mandarin, Malfoy 马尔福 (Ma er fu) contains phonetic elements that resonate with words associated with horses (马, ma) and good fortune (福, fu). Hanging Malfoy upside-down on a door or wall extends the same pun, suggesting “good horse fortune has arrived” in your home.