Welcome to a brand new event here on The Bell Tree: TBT’s Lunar New Year! Also known as the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year, this event will run February 9th - 24th 2024 and it celebrates the beginning of the new year according to the traditional Chinese calendar. We know that many of our users observe this holiday, so we decided it was about time we provided the opportunity for you to celebrate on here with your TBT friends too! 
Activities
TBT’s First Lunar New Year event is comprised of five activities. The prizes for the first two activities listed below are based on chance and interaction, whereas you will receive 1 Dragon Token for participating in each of the other three events.
Prizes
So, what’s a Dragon Token? One Dragon Token will enable you to purchase a piece of our new multi-part Chinese Dragon collectible.
There are three guaranteed Dragon Tokens available through our Bright Beginnings, Draconic Designs, and Flicker & Fortune events. There is a chance to gain a further three Dragon Tokens through participating in The Luck of the Dragon and Red Riches events.
Finally, certain items can also be bought with regular forum bells.
Prize List
Chinese Dragon Head - 1 Dragon Token
Chinese Dragon Body - 1 Dragon Token
Chinese Dragon Tail - 1 Dragon Token
Festival Lantern - 1 Dragon Token
Fortune Cookie - 10 Bells
Magical Fireworks* - 399 Bells
Night Sky Scenery - 25 Bells
Plum Blossom - 1 Dragon Token
Red Envelope - 86 Bells
Shooting Star** - Staff Favourite prize
Zodiac Dragon Figurine - 1 Dragon Token
*Please be aware that this special animated collectible is not displayed year-round. While it will always remain in your inventory after purchase, it'll only be activated on specific occasions such as: (Gregorian) New Year, Lunar New Year, Valentine's Day, Independence Day, and Guy Fawkes Night. The colour of the fireworks will automatically change with the holiday.
**You are still eligible for an animated Shooting Star collectible even if you received one in the TBT Fair 2020.
Bell Increase
You may have noticed that some of those prizes need to be bought using forum bells. To help with this, we are increasing bell earnings across the forum throughout the event period (February 9th - 24th 2024). This means that every time you make a post on the forum you'll earn a higher amount of bells than you normally would.
Staff Credits
Activities coordinator: Mistreil
Thread coordinator: Chris
Activity hosts: Chris, LadyDestani, Mairmalade, Mistreil
Banner artwork: Mistreil, Mick
Draconic Designs line art: dizzy bone
Chinese Dragon, Festival Lantern, Fortune Cookie, Plum Blossom, Red Envelope collectibles: Mistreil
Zodiac Dragon Figurine collectible: Mick
Magical Fireworks collectible: dizzy bone
Shooting Star collectible: Laudine
Technical setup: Jeremy, Justin
2024 is the Year of the Dragon! 
With this in mind, we have structured our Lunar New Year event around the imagery and symbolism of dragons!
With this in mind, we have structured our Lunar New Year event around the imagery and symbolism of dragons!
Activities
TBT’s First Lunar New Year event is comprised of five activities. The prizes for the first two activities listed below are based on chance and interaction, whereas you will receive 1 Dragon Token for participating in each of the other three events.
| Event Name | Description |
|---|---|
| The Luck of the Dragon | Purchase a Fortune Cookie and test your luck in this raffle. |
| Red Riches | Gift your friends red envelopes to unlock prizes. |
| Draconic Designs | Colour in this Year of the Dragon inspired line art! |
| Flicker & Fortune | Share an ACNH screenshot relevant to the Lunar New Year. |
| Bright Beginnings | Create a paper lantern in this crafting event. |
Prizes
So, what’s a Dragon Token? One Dragon Token will enable you to purchase a piece of our new multi-part Chinese Dragon collectible.
There are three guaranteed Dragon Tokens available through our Bright Beginnings, Draconic Designs, and Flicker & Fortune events. There is a chance to gain a further three Dragon Tokens through participating in The Luck of the Dragon and Red Riches events.
Finally, certain items can also be bought with regular forum bells.
Prize List
*Please be aware that this special animated collectible is not displayed year-round. While it will always remain in your inventory after purchase, it'll only be activated on specific occasions such as: (Gregorian) New Year, Lunar New Year, Valentine's Day, Independence Day, and Guy Fawkes Night. The colour of the fireworks will automatically change with the holiday.
**You are still eligible for an animated Shooting Star collectible even if you received one in the TBT Fair 2020.
Bell Increase
You may have noticed that some of those prizes need to be bought using forum bells. To help with this, we are increasing bell earnings across the forum throughout the event period (February 9th - 24th 2024). This means that every time you make a post on the forum you'll earn a higher amount of bells than you normally would.
Staff Credits
Activities coordinator: Mistreil
Thread coordinator: Chris
Activity hosts: Chris, LadyDestani, Mairmalade, Mistreil
Banner artwork: Mistreil, Mick
Draconic Designs line art: dizzy bone
Chinese Dragon, Festival Lantern, Fortune Cookie, Plum Blossom, Red Envelope collectibles: Mistreil
Zodiac Dragon Figurine collectible: Mick
Magical Fireworks collectible: dizzy bone
Shooting Star collectible: Laudine
Technical setup: Jeremy, Justin
Better posting! lmao
thanks for putting this together!!
