Move over, traditional zodiac animals! 🐉 Draco Malfoy has galloped into 2026's Lunar New Year celebrations through a hilarious linguistic loophole. The Harry Potter antagonist's Chinese name Ma-er-fu (马尔福) has sparked a viral storm, combining 'horse' (ma) and 'fortune' (fu) – making him 2026's unofficial Year of the Horse mascot! 🎉
E-commerce platforms are now packed with magical merch: golden snitch-shaped red envelopes, Marauder's Map-inspired couplets, and even floating candle wall decals. 'My office looks like Hogwarts threw up CNY decorations – and I’m here for it,' tweeted @PotterheadInBeijing last week.
The trend reached peak magic when Tom Felton shared fan art of Draco dressed in traditional hanfu holding 红包 (red envelopes), captioning: 'Turns out I've been preparing for this role since 2001… Happy Year of the Horse from the original #FortuneBoi! 🐎💸'
This cross-cultural phenomenon proves that in 2026, memes move faster than a Nimbus 2000 – and that festive joy needs no translation. As one Weibo user put it: 'Who needs Voldemort when you've got 马上有福 (instant fortune)?' 🔥
