God of Fortune mascots or caishenye are popular addition to events, especially during the Chinese New Year season. The God of Fortune is believed to bless people with luck, wealth, and economic opportunities. The amazing part of this character is that it is embraced by all races during a Chinese New Year event.
Having a God of Fortune mascot at your event can bring good luck to everyone present.
Here are 5 ways that God of Fortune mascots can add value to your event:
1. Photo booth opportunities:
The God of Fortune mascot is a vibrant and colorful character that is sure to attract attention. People love taking pictures with mascots, and having a God of Fortune mascot at your event can create a lot of photo opportunities.
Set up a designated area for photo opportunities with the God of Fortune mascot. Attendees can take pictures with the mascot, creating memorable moments and enhancing the festive atmosphere. Consider providing props or backdrops to make the photos even more enjoyable.
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2. Engaging entertainment for God of fortune mascots:
The God of Fortune mascot can interact with the crowd and engage them in fun activities.
For example, the mascot can give away gold coins or red packets to the crowd, which is a fun and engaging activity that everyone can enjoy. Some companies even give 4D numbers as well as lottery tickets inside the hongbao as good luck.
You can also give fortune cookies as an option to give optimistic predictions or words of encouragement.
If you are a business, having a God of Fortune mascot at your event can help increase brand awareness. The mascot can include the company’s vouchers, which can help translate foot traffic to sales.
3. Interactive Games and Challenges
Organise interactive games or challenges involving the God of Fortune. Like how the TikTok frog went viral, this can help your event reach more people.
These interactive Chinese New Year Games could include:
Here are some ways in which we have incorporated carnival games with our decorations
4. Cultural Performance
The God of Fortune is an important figure in Chinese culture, and having a God of Fortune mascot at your event can help showcase and celebrate Chinese culture.
Some lion dance troupes have incorporated the mascot as part of their package. If you have someone talented, you can ask them to dance, sing （just like the masked singer 《蒙面唱将猜猜猜》), or even tell a story in the costume. You can even ask your emcee to host in the costume too! Even a caishenye introducing your yusheng or 变脸 （Bian Lian）or masking changing performance.
5. Yusheng
Yusheng during Chinese New Year is not just a dish! It is a cultural activity and indispensable for many CNY gatherings and corporate events!
As each ingredient is added, there are corresponding New Year greetings. Recently, people have been using phone app so they do not need to remember every line. Imagine getting a God of Fortune mascot or 财神爷 （cai shen ye）to do this instead, this will be much more fun and memorable.
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God of Fortune mascots or 财神爷 （cai shen ye) are not only for your corporate events and Chinese New Year community events, they are also great for store openings, schools, and even mid-autumn festivals.