{"id":64047,"date":"2026-02-06T13:57:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T13:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/how-a-factory-error-in-china-created-a-viral-crying-horse-lunar-new-year-trend\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T13:57:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T13:57:41","slug":"how-a-factory-error-in-china-created-a-viral-crying-horse-lunar-new-year-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/how-a-factory-error-in-china-created-a-viral-crying-horse-lunar-new-year-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"How a factory error in China created a viral &#8220;crying horse&#8221; Lunar New Year trend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Do not turn that frown upside down. A horse plush toy has gone viral in China thanks to a serendipitous mistake by a factory worker.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The mouths on a batch of the toys were mistakenly sewn on the wrong way around, creating a small army of sad-faced &#8220;crying&#8221; toys that have captured hearts as a mascot for the Lunar New Year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The horses were designed as happy-faced toys to mark the upcoming holiday on February 17, the start of the Year of the Horse in the Chinese zodiac.<\/p>\n<p>A customer who received the defective product decided to keep it, posted about it online, and from there, the &#8220;crying horse&#8221; found fame.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/06\/9b5ec835-33f1-4acf-bce8-41e51f7bc1d2\/thumbnail\/620x413\/48feecb00ff0b588c26d44eb46769283\/crying-horse-2255837578.jpg#\" alt=\"Mis-stitched Horse Plushie Becomes Viral Sensation In China's Yiwu \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/06\/9b5ec835-33f1-4acf-bce8-41e51f7bc1d2\/thumbnail\/620x413\/48feecb00ff0b588c26d44eb46769283\/crying-horse-2255837578.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/06\/9b5ec835-33f1-4acf-bce8-41e51f7bc1d2\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/ab9e1fbd3270ed37c7d6a150d444b701\/crying-horse-2255837578.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A buyer uses their hand to estimate the size of a &#8220;crying horse&#8221; plush toy, Jan. 11, 2026, in Yiwu, Zhejiang, China.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Dong Yixin\/China News Service\/VCG via Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The &#8220;crying horse&#8221; hashtag had been used on Douyin, China&#8217;s domestic version of TikTok, more than 200 million times by Wednesday, and garnered more than 100 million views as a trending topic on the Chinese social media platform Weibo.<\/p>\n<p>The horse&#8217;s forlorn expression appears to have resonated with Chinese social media users, who&#8217;ve been bringing the plush toy to work and school to express discontent with a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/chinese-workers-are-starting-to-rebel-against-grueling-9-9-6-workplace-culture\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">relentless work culture<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The toy is red, an auspicious color in Chinese culture, and its body is decorated with a golden embroidery wishing owners to &#8220;get rich quickly.&#8221; One of the toys costs 25 Chinese yuan, or about $4, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/m.thepaper.cn\/newsDetail_forward_32368796\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chinese media reports<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The toy is available in both the frowning, and the original smiling version, and many people have taken to buying them as a pair.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/06\/9482b6ec-d6b5-497a-b0e9-a1999533816c\/thumbnail\/620x412\/c5e29c21dd90dc30ec8f9fce8719a7bd\/crying-horse-2259310758.jpg#\" alt=\"CORRECTION \/ CHINA-LUNAR-NEW YEAR \" height=\"412\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/06\/9482b6ec-d6b5-497a-b0e9-a1999533816c\/thumbnail\/620x412\/c5e29c21dd90dc30ec8f9fce8719a7bd\/crying-horse-2259310758.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/06\/9482b6ec-d6b5-497a-b0e9-a1999533816c\/thumbnail\/1240x824\/3b2a41b3706ccba24cebc2d43cac7a72\/crying-horse-2259310758.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A woman holds a happy horse toy and a &#8220;crying horse&#8221; toy, the latter of which went viral after a factory production mistake, ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year of the Horse, which begins on Feb. 17, at the Yiwu wholesale market in Yiwu, eastern China&#8217;s Zhejiang province, Feb. 4, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Jade GAO\/AFP\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;People joked that the crying horse is how you look at work, while the smiling one is how you look after work,&#8221; Zhang Huoqing, the store owner who first sold the toy, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/accidental-crying-horse-toy-wins-hearts-china-2026-01-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reuters<\/a> news agency. Zhang&#8217;s store is located in Yiwu, home to China&#8217;s largest wholesale market for small commodities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since it took off online, customers from South Africa, Spain, Russia and South America have visited the store to buy the popular, if accidental hit toy, Zhang has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.douyin.com\/video\/7595098245102193961\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told Chinese media<\/a>. Both domestic and overseas demand has required her to add over 10 production lines and create around 20,000 units a day, according to Chinese state broadcaster <a href=\"https:\/\/tv.cctv.com\/2026\/01\/17\/VIDELDLMDZToPVhxC4VuCGjz260117.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CCTV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The crying horse&#8217;s expression shows feelings of injustice, defiance and stubbornness that reflect the true feelings of most working &#8216;niu ma&#8217; today,&#8221; commented a Sichuan-based Weibo user, using a term meaning &#8220;ox and horse&#8221; that references people who are overworked in their jobs. &#8220;And it looks quite cute, which is why it has created such an explosive reaction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/laura-doan\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Laura  Doan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/china-crying-horse-lunar-new-year-viral-trend\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do not turn that frown upside down. 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