Chin Village


 * This article is about the village. For other uses, see Chin (disambiguation).

Chin Village was a small town located on the cliffs of the Earth Kingdom's southwestern coast. It played host to the unique Avatar Day festival, a celebration in honor of the Avatar.

History
Chin Village was named after Chin the Conqueror, a warlord and tyrant who was killed by Avatar Kyoshi when he threatened her peninsula and home. Along the coast of Chin Village are large cliffs, a reminder of how, hundreds of years ago, Avatar Kyoshi separated her village from the mainland.

The village was presumably founded by the now-deceased warlord or his followers, who remembered him as Chin the Great, a great and loved ruler rather than a warlord. The people of Chin village had until recently honored their fallen leader by celebrating what they call "Avatar Day," a day that celebrated their hatred for the Avatar.

Chin Village is an unusual place with unusual laws and traditions. Toward the end of the team's visit, Sokka proposed that this was the worst village they had ever traveled to.

Laws


The judicial system of the village was rather unconventional. Criminals were not given a trial like other places; they were instead, placed in front of a gathering of villagers where their punishment was decided. The accused were not permitted to defend themselves by formal methods; no defense lawyer, no evidence, and no witnesses were permitted. It was decided whether or not they were guilty by the Mayor. If a guilty verdict was delivered then the Wheel of Punishment was brought out. This wheel had varying degrees of punishments depicted on it, from methods of execution to community service. Members of the crowd often called out their preferred type of punishment.

Avatar Day


Avatar Day was a festival unique to Chin Village which celebrated the Avatar, in this case by showing their hatred. According to village history, Avatar Kyoshi killed their leader, Chin the Great, over three hundred years ago. Every year on the anniversary of Chin's death, the village celebrated Avatar Day to show their hatred for the Avatars. The Avatar Day festival was a parade with large paper floats, vendors selling deep-fried foods, and people celebrating. The highlight of the celebration was when giant paper effigies of previous Avatars were paraded through the village to the center where upon they are lit.

After three-hundred-and-seventy years of celebrating like this Avatar Day was finally changed after Avatar Aang fought off the Rough Rhinos that threatened to take control of the village. The people of Chin Village now celebrated Avatar Day under new auspices. Honoring the Avatar and remembering the day that Aang saved the Village. Un-fried dough in the shape of Aang was served in his honor as a reminder of the day Aang was not boiled in oil.

Notable figures

 * Chin the Great
 * Mayor Tong
 * Scary prisoner
 * Emotional prisoner