Malfoy Becomes an Unlikely Chinese New Year Mascot
TL;DR
With the Year of the Horse approaching, Draco Malfoy has quietly become a surprising Lunar New Year mascot in China, with posters and fai chun banners appearing in homes and malls. The Mandarin transliteration Ma Er Fu evokes horse fortune, the Potter franchise remains popular in China, and fans are posting Douyin clips and selling Malfoy posters online.
- A Harry Potter villain is now an unlikely new-year mascot in China CNN
- Harry Potter’s Draco Malfoy becomes mascot for year of the horse in China The Guardian
- Draco Malfoy becomes unlikely Lunar New Year mascot in China BBC
- Harry Potter’s Draco Malfoy a symbol of Lunar New Year luck South China Morning Post
- Sad horses and Draco Malfoy: China's unexpected Lunar New Year trends Caledonian Record
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