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{{quotation|[https://web.archive.org/web/20140707042158/http://www.guildwars.com/events/ingame/canthannewyear2012/ Official website]|The Year of the Dragon is upon us—it's time for the annual [[Canthan New Year]] Festival! Help honor the [[Celestial Dragon]], a mythical reptile that will descend from the sky to bestow good luck upon the populace for all of 2012—but only if the traditional New Year's feast meets the tiny dragon's high standards!}}

The '''2012 Canthan New Year''' is a [[special event]] and begins at noon Pacific (-8 GMT) on Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 and will end at noon Pacific (-8 GMT) on Monday, February 6th, 2012.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140707042158/http://www.guildwars.com/events/ingame/canthannewyear2012/ http://www.guildwars.com/events/ingame/canthannewyear2012/] (archive)</ref> On Sunday, February 5th, the Celestial Dragon will arrive every three hours to sample Canthan cuisine in [[Shing Jea Monastery]].

==Schedule==
{| {{STDT|+=float:left;}}
|- style="background:#DDD;"
! [[w:Pacific Standard Time|PST]] (UTC-8)
! [[w:UTC|UTC]] / GMT
! Description
|-
| style="padding: 0em 0.7em;" | Noon, Thursday 2 February 2012
| style="padding: 0em 0.7em;" | 20:00, Thursday 2 February 2012
| style="padding: 0em 0.7em;" | Start of the event.
|-
| style="padding: 0em 0.7em;" | 12:01 am, Sunday 5 February 2012 until 12:01 am, Monday 6 February 2012
| style="padding: 0em 0.7em;" | 08:01, Sunday 5 February 2012 until 08:01, Monday 6 February 2012
| style="padding: 0em 0.7em;" | Finales every 3 hours. (See accompanying chart.)
|-
| style="padding: 0em 0.7em;" | Noon, Monday 6 February 2012
| style="padding: 0em 0.7em;" | 20:00, Monday 6 February 2012
| style="padding: 0em 0.7em;" | End of the event.
|}
{{ Event timetable
| event = Canthan New Year
| pacificzone = PST
| startutc = February 5 2012 08:01
| endutc = February 6 2012 08:01
| interval = 180
}}
<div style="clear:left;">

===Finale===
{{main|Canthan New Year/Finale}}
[[Image:Chef salute.png|right|150px]]
Several Chefs will stand in [[Shing Jea Monastery]]. They will collect specific ingredients during the finale. For each ingredient turned in, you will receive a [[Lunar Token]] from that chef. If no dishes are prepared successfully, everyone in the district will be temporarily transformed by the [[Dragon Form]] disguise.
{| {{STDT}}
|- style="background:#DDD;"
! [[Imperial Chef Yan]] (Appetizers) || [[Imperial Chef Reun]] (Salad) || [[Imperial Chef Jiong]] (Soup) || [[Imperial Chef Chen]] (Main Course) || [[Imperial Chef Tian]] (Dessert)
|-
|
*[[Iridescent Griffon Wing]]
*[[Tangled Seed]]
*[[Fiery Crest]]
*[[Smoking Remains]]
||
*[[Alpine Seed]]
*[[Guardian Moss]]
*[[Celestial Essence]]
*[[Dragon Root]]
||
*[[Archaic Kappa Shell]]
*[[Mantis Pincer]]
*[[Kraken Eye]]
*[[Naga Hide]]
||
*[[Igneous Spider Leg]]
*[[Ebon Spider Leg]]
*[[Bonesnap Shell]]
*[[Azure Crest]]
*[[Unctuous Remains]]
||
*[[Truffle]]
*[[Ebon Spider Web]]
*[[Half-Eaten Blob]]
*[[Azure Remains]]
*[[Icy Lodestone]]
|}

====Finale rewards====

Below is a chart describing the amount of items the player will receive based on how many successful dishes are presented to the [[Celestial Dragon]]:
{| {{STDT|+=text-align:center;}}
! Successful Dishes || [[Image:Red Gift Bag.png]] [[Red Gift Bag]] || [[Image:Crate of Fireworks.png]] [[Crate of Fireworks]] || [[File:Celestial Summoning Stone.png]] [[Celestial Summoning Stone]]
|-
| 0&dagger; || 2 || 0 || 0
|-
| 1 || 4 || 0 || 1
|-
| 2 || 6 || 0 || 2
|-
| 3 || 9 || 0 || 3
|-
| 4 || 12 || 0 || 4
|-
| 5 || 16 || 5 || 5
|}
&dagger; If no successful dishes are created, players will be temporarily turned into [[Dragon Form|Dragons]].

=====Festival hat=====
Participation in one of the [[Celestial Dragon]] appearances will earn you a [[festival hat]]:
{| {{STDT}}
|-
| [[Image:Lion Mask.png|left]] '''[[Lion Mask]]''' A festival hat resembling the head of a [[w:Lion_dance|lion dance]] costume.
|}

==Festival events==
{{quotation|[https://web.archive.org/web/20140707042158/http://www.guildwars.com/events/ingame/canthannewyear2012/ Official website]|
A grand feast, fireworks, dancing, fortunes, and high-stakes rollerbeetle racing—all this and more await you during the Canthan New Year Festival. Here's what you can expect:

*Satisfying the Celestial Dragon is a tall order, especially since every festival has a few unexpected problems for enterprising young adventurers to solve.

*Want a preview of the coming year? The [[Fortune Teller (Canthan New Year)|fortune teller]] can peer into your future and provide you with a very real, and legally binding, fortune. For good or ill, your destiny will follow you out into the world beyond Shing Jea.

*Play games on the [[Shing Jea Boardwalk]] to earn tickets and boost your luck—or play to lose, and work your way down a different life track.

*For you racing fans, make your way to the [[Rollerbeetle Racing]] Arena, where you'll be outfitted with your very own rollerbeetle racer, complete with its own set of racing skills.

*Head over to the [[Dragon Arena]] for a brawling good time.

*The [[#Finale|Celestial Feast]] lets you participate in heated cooking competitions, where you'll help Canthan chefs prepare special dishes in honor of the Celestial Dragon. Each properly prepared meal earns a reward from the Dragon, but it's bad luck to annoy the beast!
}}

==Decorated towns==
[[Image:Canthan New Year 2010 Shing Jea Monastery.jpg|thumb|200px|Canthan New Year in [[Shing Jea Monastery]]]]
[[Image:Canthan New Year 2010 Lions Arch.jpg|thumb|200px|Canthan New Year in [[Lion's Arch]]]]
[[Image:Canthan New Year 2010 Kamadan.jpg|thumb|200px|Canthan New Year in [[Kamadan]]]]
*[[Shing Jea Monastery]]
*[[Lion's Arch]]
*[[Kamadan]]

==Quests==
Every festival brings with it a variety of problems that can only be solved by enterprising young adventurers willing to undertake a quest or two to ensure the festival runs smoothly. Supplies of everything from red dye (for [[Nian]]-scaring party attire) to fireworks (also used to frighten off the Nian) will inevitably run low. And, speaking of the Nian, you never know when, or where, these New Year's festival hating creatures might attack. ''(Note: these quests were only offered to characters that have reached level 5 or higher)''

'''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]]

==NPCs==
{| {{STDT|+=clear:both;}}
|- style="background:#DDD;"
!style="width:20%;"| [[Shing Jea Monastery]] ||style="width:20%;"| [[Lion's Arch]] ||style="width:20%;"| [[Kamadan, Jewel of Istan]] ||style="width:20%;"| [[Great Temple of Balthazar]] ||style="width:20%;"| [[Rollerbeetle Racing (outpost)]]
|- valign="top"
|
*[[Hai Len]]
*[[Guff Hufflebeak]]
*[[Jiaru]]
*[[Captain Li Sah]] - [[Dragon Arena]]
*[[Court Astrologer]]
*[[Lorespinner Ri So]]
*[[Rollerbeetle Trainer]] - [[Rollerbeetle Racing]]
*[[Fortune Teller (Canthan New Year)|Fortune Teller]]
*[[Johai Sohn]]
*[[Kamari]]
*[[Kuujii]]
*[[Hanpo Sai]]
*[[Monastery Keeper]] - [[Boardwalk Games]] (2)
*[[Imperial Chef Jiong]]
*[[Imperial Chef Tian]]
*[[Imperial Chef Reun]]
*[[Imperial Chef Chen]]
*[[Imperial Chef Yan]]
*[[Coordinator Tahyaa]]
*[[Ki Leung]]
*[[Sunri]]
*[[Teilah]]
*[[Nishu]]
*[[Noonan]]
*[[Pan]]
*[[Tien]]
|
*[[Captain Li Sah]]
*[[Fortune Teller (Canthan New Year)|Fortune Teller]]
*[[Keiichi]]
*[[Lorespinner Sta Si]]
*[[Lucky Hochei]] - (Rock, Paper, Scissors NPC)
*[[Rena]]
*[[Rollerbeetle Trainer]]
*[[Shion]]
*[[Tien the Lamplighter]]
|
*[[Captain Li Sah]]
*[[Fortune Teller (Canthan New Year)|Fortune Teller]]
*[[Lien]]
*[[Lorespinner Emmah Li]]
*[[Rollerbeetle Trainer]]
*[[Yuen Bao]]
|
*[[Captain Li Sah]]
*[[Rollerbeetle Trainer]]
|
*[["Shoes" O'Malley]]
*[["The Gooch"]]
*[[Announcer Spikesan]]
*[[Eldrid the Ancient|Eldrid the Ancient (Records)]]
*[[Hokusai|Hokusai (Beetle Design)]]
*[[Racer Beetle]]
*[[Rollerbeetle Master|Rollerbeetle Master (Rollerbeetle Racing)]]
*[[Rollerbeetle Racing Commissioner]]
*[[Lisa the World-Famous Racing Beetle]]
*[[Little Jack|Little Jack (Rewards)]]
*[[Zippy]]
|}

===Collectors===
[[Image:Canthan_guard_m.jpg|right|150px]]
{| {{STDT}} class="sortable"
|-style="background:#DDD;"
! Name !! Location !! Collects !! Campaign
|-
|[[Lunar Fortune Giver]] || [[Shing Jea Monastery]] || [[Lunar Token|3 Lunar Tokens]] || [[Factions]]
|-
|[[Lunar Gift Keeper]] || [[Shing Jea Monastery]] || [[Lunar Token|5 Lunar Tokens]] || [[Factions]]
|-
|[[Sheng Yi]] || [[Shing Jea Monastery]] || [[Victory Token|10 Victory Tokens]] || [[Factions]]
|-
|[[Seiji (collector)|Seiji]] || [[Shing Jea Monastery]] || [[Victory Token|5 Victory Tokens]] || [[Factions]]
|-
|[[Kao Tseng]] || [[Shing Jea Monastery]] || [[Festival Ticket|25 Festival Tickets]] || [[Factions]]
|-
|[[Lunar Gift Keeper]] || [[Lion's Arch]] || [[Lunar Token|5 Lunar Tokens]] || [[Prophecies]]
|-
|[[Zaishen Supply Master]] || [[Lion's Arch]] || [[Victory Token|5 Victory Tokens]] || [[Prophecies]]
|-
|[[Zaishen Supply Master]] || [[Lion's Arch]] || [[Victory Token|10 Victory Tokens]] || [[Prophecies]]
|-
|[[Lunar Gift Keeper]] || [[Kamadan, Jewel of Istan]] || [[Lunar Token|5 Lunar Tokens]] || [[Nightfall]]
|-
|[[Zaishen Supply Master]] || [[Kamadan, Jewel of Istan]] || [[Victory Token|5 Victory Tokens]] || [[Nightfall]]
|-
|[[Zaishen Supply Master]] || [[Kamadan, Jewel of Istan]] || [[Victory Token|10 Victory Tokens]] || [[Nightfall]]
|-
|[[Lunar Gift Keeper]] || [[Great Temple of Balthazar]] || [[Lunar Token|5 Lunar Tokens]] || [[Core]]
|-
|[[Zaishen Supply Master]] || [[Great Temple of Balthazar]] || [[Victory Token|5 Victory Tokens]] || [[Core]]
|-
|[[Zaishen Supply Master]] || [[Great Temple of Balthazar]] || [[Victory Token|10 Victory Tokens]] || [[Core]]
|}

==Festival rewards==
{| {{STDT}} class="sortable"
|- style="background:#DDD;"
! class="unsortable" | Icon || Item
|-
| [[Image:Sugary Blue Drink.png]] || [[Sugary Blue Drink]]: It's sweet and oh-so-handy when you need a quick boost of speed.
|-
| [[Image:Champagne Popper.png]] || [[Champagne Popper]]: A brief-but-spectacular treat for the eyes and ears. They're a blast!
|-
| [[Image:Bottle Rocket.png]] || [[Bottle Rocket]]: Set off a single-shot firework high overhead—please aim away from faces and moa birds.
|-
| [[Image:Sparkler.png]] || [[Sparkler]]: Light this up to create a cloud of sparks over your head—stand clear of flammable objects.
|-
| [[Image:Red Bean Cake.png]] || [[Red Bean Cake]]: These sweet treats put some pep in your step.
|-
| [[Image:Bottle of Rice Wine.png]] || [[Bottle of Rice Wine]]: The traditional festival beverage. Don't drink and quest!
|-
| [[Image:Red Gift Bag.png]] || [[Red Gift Bag]]: It's festive, it's red, and you'll never know what's in it until you open it.
|-
| [[Image:Lunar Fortune.png]] || [[Lunar Fortune]]: Find out for sure how good or bad your luck will be in the coming year.
|-
| [[Image:Lunar Token.png]] || [[Lunar Token]]: Collect these tokens throughout the festival and trade them in for prizes.
|-
| [[Image:Miniature Celestial Dragon.png|64px]] || [[Miniature Celestial Dragon]]: Drop from [[Lunar Fortune]].
|-
| [[Image:Crate of Fireworks.png]] || [[Crate of Fireworks]]: Open it inside your Guild Hall and move a safe distance away!
|-
| [[File:Celestial Summoning Stone.png]] || [[Celestial Summoning Stone]]: Satisfy the Celestial Dragon's appetite and you'll receive this reward at the end of a finale.
|}

== Notes ==
*The Canthan New Year finale often sees many [[guild]]s and [[alliance]]s "sponsoring" a [[district]] - providing all the ingredients for the feast. To find out whether a district is being sponsored, look in [[party search]], ask in [[chat]] or visit a [[fansite]], for example [https://web.archive.org/web/20120430202432/http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/canthan-new-year-2012-official-t10499781.html GWGuru's list of hosted districts].
* Unlike other Canthan New Year events, the 2012 event did not occur in the weekend immediately after or during Chinese New Year.

== References ==
<references/>

== External links ==
[https://web.archive.org/web/20140707042158/http://www.guildwars.com/events/ingame/canthannewyear2012/ GuildWars.com Canthan New Year 2012 Event Page (archive)]

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