Stunning new LEGO Chinese Traditional Festival sets revealed!

Both look good but I want 80121 to see if will fit into Old Town 71861 :0

But it will be nice on its own too.

The Moon-Gazing Inn is perhaps not a day 1 purchase but definitely a "purchase as soon as a good GWP comes up"! I think it will look good with the Ninjago Old Town 71861 , Blacksmith 71858 , and maybe one or two others for a traditional town. Purists perhaps wouldn't be happy with the mix of Chinese and Ninjago signs, but the buildings will fit...

I’ve never bought a Chinese New Year set, but I almost certainly will grab that Inn, it looks fantastic and will only take a slight modification to fit perfectly in my village

Ooooooo, I’m gonna need that one!

That Inn is amazing. Definitely will be needing one.

@bondre said:
"that ancient moon gazing in is the most beautiful Lego set since rivendell without a doubt"

I agree, I am aiming for it.

I'm imagining the large trans light blue technic gear as part of an engine in a Star Wars MOC.

@Cyno01 said:
" @Pekingduckman said:
" @Karrot said:
"Wow that Ancient Moon-Gazing Inn is stunning. Can someone with knowledge of ancient Chinese history please share the significance of Su Dongpo and whether the set is accurate? Also so nice to see the moonlit box art design, designs like that I wish were brought back to the 18+ line"

It's specifically based on this poem of his, written about the moon festival, although in the poem, he was drinking alcohol and a bit intoxicated. The clothing do look accurate to the Song dynasty, around the year 1076, and good thing Lego avoided stereotypes since the Chinese did not wear braids until the 1600s due to the Manchus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuidiao_Getou"

Its also interesting seeing LEGO breaking its 'real people = real skintone' minifig policy, but thats been kind of inconsistent with historical figures anyway, Lincoln and Shakespeare were yellow but Jane Goodall and Amelia Earhart got flesh tone... https://brickset.com/minifigs/tag-Real-Historical-Figure"

Lincoln and Shakespeare were more characters based on the historical figures than the actual people. That might explain why they ended up yellow when Batman did not. And the rule as originally stated may have been partly inspired by the NBA player minifigs, but I remember it being more aimed at fictional “live-action” characters than real people. Hans Christian Anderson should have been a fleshie, but wasn’t. The Jane Austen tribute was noted for having framed pictures that were clearly based on scenes from movies based on her books, but all the images of minifigs had yellow heads. However the official rule was worded, they sure have made a mess of it.

My mouth still isn't closed from seeing the Moon-Gazing Inn set.

That's a lot of really nice minifig torsos in the Inn set.

Yeah, a historical figure breaking the flesh-tone rule when it's a Chinese historical figure is perhaps a little unfortunate

Also, is that a pre-Marco Polo European merchant? I know Polo wasn't the first, but it's still fascinating

I get that Su Dongpo is holding a brick-built calligraphy-brush, but - it also kind of looks like a honking-horn to me, and he just looks so pleased with it.

The Inn looks like a worthy spiritual successor of 80107

This is the first time Lego has released a Chinese-themed set that isn't associated with the Lunar New Year, right? The 2026 Year of the Horse sets already released in January and there's no sign that these are 2027 Year of the Goat-related.

@TeaWeevil

Yes I thought he seemed like a European traveller.

There was a Chinese tv show set in ancient times (detective dee? It wasnt judge dee thats a different one). where a Greek or Macedonian was visiting and was being shown the towering buddha.

The set is awesome, minifigures excellent. Will work well with ninjago blacksmith.

I only wish this level of care, detail and thought was put into other themes/sets.

Cool to get an historical figure too!

As others said would be great to see other sets like this for other time periods and locations/cultures. (Monkie Kid introduced some helmets good for Tang Dynasy soldiers)

Yeah, this inn looks fantastic. I can't wait.

Both very nice! And somehow even decently priced! How did that happen?

So multiple Chinese waves now per year?
Both look wonderful.

Oh no, those are both really good. I’m trying not to add things to my wishlist but those are definitely going on my wishlist.

Not bothered about the Inn, but the Leaping Carp looks amazing, going straight on my wishlist.

@huw next time you get the chance to interview Lego designers it would be great to hear a bit more about why they chose a historical Song dynasty poet for a set... if they're considering other historical figures, etc.

@bossbast1 said:
"When are we finally getting acient rome or greece, why is lego stingy about that topic "

You're absolutely right, actually.

What is this obession with Chinese traditional sets? We had quite some bit of them right?

That moon gazing inn is wonderful! I’m curious about the connectors at the sides, I haven’t bought a Chinese traditional / new year set since the spring lantern festival, interested to see if either reconfiguration of the set, or additional sets can connect with it

Kind of awkward that someone forgot to plug the hole in the horse in that first image. Also kind of awkward that every time one of the fish is jumping over the dragon gate, the other fish is upside-down. That's fishy sign language for "I'm dead."

This will fit great with Monkie Kid sets, especially 80044

@TeaWeevil said:
"Yeah, a historical figure breaking the flesh-tone rule when it's a Chinese historical figure is perhaps a little unfortunate. "

I was thinking the same thing, but I guess since the minifigs in Chinese New Year sets are also yellow they were trying to keep it consistent within this particular line. Regardless, this set looks stunning, and will probably be quite popular in most territories.

@crawlerbot said:
"I'm imagining the large trans light blue technic gear as part of an engine in a Star Wars MOC."

Maybe, if not for the Millennium Falcon, than some other Corellian Engineering Corporation design.

@PurpleDave said:"Kind of awkward that someone forgot to plug the hole in the horse in that first image."

Yeah, I looked at the other images, just to make sure that the necessary pieces were actually there.

It looks like the Moon-Gazing Inn has connectors. Let's hope this is the first in a series of minifig-scale sets that will connect together in modular fashion.

Definitely want to pick up that Inn! Both look great, honestly, but that Inn is especially gorgeous.

Is that a new wagon wheel?

Fish... Fish... Fish...
A fishy requisite..t..t..t..t..t

@B_Space_Man said:
"Is that a new wagon wheel?"

It's a hubcap piece that has been used as a wagon wheel in previous sets (such as 80066)

Went to look at the listings for these on Lego.com now that they're up, and tragically they don't have a video of the Prosperity Carp set yet. Really wanted to see both the function in action as well as maybe a turnaround video.

@R0Sch said:
" @lORDoFtHEbOARD said:
" @bossbast1 said:
"When are we finally getting acient rome or greece, why is lego stingy about that topic "

You're absolutely right, actually.

What is this obession with Chinese traditional sets? We had quite some bit of them right?"

I don't know, maybe the 1.4 billion people that live there. It's a huge market share for TLG."

I suppose it's easy to forget that the average person is Chinese.

@Crux said:
" @R0Sch said:
" @lORDoFtHEbOARD said:
" @bossbast1 said:
"When are we finally getting acient rome or greece, why is lego stingy about that topic "

You're absolutely right, actually.

What is this obession with Chinese traditional sets? We had quite some bit of them right?"

I don't know, maybe the 1.4 billion people that live there. It's a huge market share for TLG."

I suppose it's easy to forget that the average person is Chinese."

Haha yeah. Or South-Korean ...

@lORDoFtHEbOARD said:
" @bossbast1 said:
"When are we finally getting acient rome or greece, why is lego stingy about that topic "

You're absolutely right, actually.

What is this obession with Chinese traditional sets? We had quite some bit of them right?"

Tongue in cheek, as a ethnic Chinese, it's just normalcy bias because so many other sets are*not*. ;)

What's the two 1x2 bricks with technic pin used for? move the tower, but isn't the roof wrong then?

@whaleyland said:
"This is the first time Lego has released a Chinese-themed set that isn't associated with the Lunar New Year, right? The 2026 Year of the Horse sets already released in January and there's no sign that these are 2027 Year of the Goat-related."
No. 80103 is associated with Dragon Boat Festival.

@eymh said:
" @whaleyland said:
"This is the first time Lego has released a Chinese-themed set that isn't associated with the Lunar New Year, right? The 2026 Year of the Horse sets already released in January and there's no sign that these are 2027 Year of the Goat-related."
No. 80103 is associated with Dragon Boat Festival.
"
That's true, although I believe it released at the same time as the other sets. That was also the first year that they released proper sets to celebrate Chinese culture. Either way, this suggests the tide is changing at Lego and Chinese cultural sets may become more of a year-round thing.

@TeaWeevil said:
"Yeah, a historical figure breaking the flesh-tone rule when it's a Chinese historical figure is perhaps a little unfortunate

Also, is that a pre-Marco Polo European merchant? I know Polo wasn't the first, but it's still fascinating "

Historically, westerners considered East Asians to be "yellow".