February Events 2024

[annabanana1014 1631]

February Events 2024

 

By Your Community Team

 

 

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Lunar New Years and Valentines

 

What is the Lunar New Year? 

 

Lunar New Year is a major festival celebrated in East Asian cultures. In 2024, it's the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, symbolizing strength and good fortune. Celebrations include family reunions, feasting, red envelopes for luck, and dragon dances. People born in the Year of the Dragon are believed to possess intelligence and charisma. Overall, the festive atmosphere is filled with joy and anticipation for a prosperous year ahead.

 

The Origin of Lunar New Year

 

The tradition of Lunar New Year is deep-rooted from a Chinese legend of the dreaded monster Nian. In ancient times there lived a monster named "Nian" which bore sharp teeth and horns, bearing much resemblance to that of a  ghastly lion. On each end of the lunar year, the beast emerged from the shadows to visit villages, hunting down people and destroying their livestock. To prevent this, the villagers escaped out into the mountains.

 

One day there arrived an elder of silver hair and peculiar sparkling eyes. He appeared like a beggar, with his torn and rugged clothing, and the villagers spurned him for his outward decrepitude. Refusing to stay in the mountains, he requested to stay in one of the villager's homes, and awaited for the night Nian attacked again. 

 

Soon the ferocious creature did break into the village again, but the old man was prepared for this. He slammed open the door to face the beast, roaring with laughter and clad in bright red clothes. By burning some bamboo, it created a loud cracking noise. Oddly this frightened the beast, causing it to bellow in panic, before making its escape out of the village. The villagers rejoiced at the end of that night, for their village was not destroyed.

 

What is Valentines?

 

Valentine's Day originated from the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia, later replaced by the Christian celebration honoring St. Valentine. The association with romantic love emerged in the Middle Ages, and by the 18th century, exchanging cards became popular. Today, it's a global celebration on February 14th, marked by the exchange of cards, flowers, and gifts among romantic partners.

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CELEBRATION LIST

CT Dragon Dance

Valentine Card Drop Off

Monk Give-Away

Red Envelope Giving

 

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CT Dragon Dance

Our fabulous Community Team Monks will be dressing up in the infamous dragon costume to bring wisdom, wealth, and good luck to all! All evil spirits shall vanish as the dragons welcome in the prosperous new year!

Dragon dances will perform diverse performances, each dragon adorned in distinctive costumes conveying profound meanings. The green on the dragon signifies the imminent arrival of a plentiful harvest, while the golden and silver scales symbolize prosperity bestowed upon both the nation and its citizens. In a vivid display of respect, the yellow scales reflect the dragon's tribute to the nation it gracefully visits. Additionally, the red scales promise exciting events and reel in a wave of good fortune.

Valentine Card Drop Off

 

While traditionally Valentines is celebrated to cherish a person’s significant other, the Community Team wishes to spread that love all over Lord of the Craft. Everyone deserves to be loved and cherished!

Underneath the dragon at Cloud Temple, there will be a donation chest for anyone to place kind-hearted notes within. These little notes will be passed out at random to different people from all over the server. Feel free to sign the notes or keep yourself anonymous!

If you wish to send a letter and a gift to a specific person, please reach out to @annabanana1014 !
 

Monk Give-Away

Similarly to former events, the Community Team Monks will be visiting nations to deliver themed gifts! All of the various gifts will be signed with the Community Team signature to be a part of your CT-item collection! The team hopes that you will treasure these gifts as much as we treasure each of you!

All of the amazing items being passed out are as listed!

 

• Cupid’s Collection of Chocolate Boxes
• Teddy Bear Plushie
• Prosperity Plushie Dragon
• Eternal Flame Bracelet
• Red Lanterns 

Red Envelope Giving

To ensure that all members of Lord of the Craft prosper throughout the year, the Monks will pass out Lunar 2024 Red Envelopes! The tradition of giving red envelopes during Lunar New Year symbolizes good luck, prosperity, and blessings.

The color red is believed to scare off any evil spirits within Chinese culture. While usually the envelopes contain money, we are unfortunately unable to hand out mina. We wish that everyone gains fortune and success nevertheless! We hope that this positive gesture will continue to bring your year joy and prosperity!

 

 

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The Community Team hopes that all members of LotC will continue to have such a fantastic year and to remind you all that you are LOVED.

Spoiler

Thank you to the Community Event Team for making these events possible!
Shout out to @SaviourMemefor his help with building the giant dragon at CT and screenshots!
Shout out to @KaptainScarlet for making the designs for all of the items; they are awesome!
Shout out to @NotAPan for assisting the writing for the origins for both Valentines and Lunar New Years!
Shout out to @teeylin for helping with screenshots
Shout out to @Blake0205for helping with lanterns!

Any questions about the event, reach me at @annabanana1014 or annabanana1014 on discord <3

 

[Petsch2k 1098]

Will you be my Valentine @Deets

[TheCapybara 1803]

 

 

Loving these events and the history tidbits for these holidays celebrated across the world!

 

[TreeSmoothie 4898]

Awesome to see CT events!!

[MunaZaldrizoti 5749]

I'm here for this MMO-vibe! Glad the CT are doing this!