The Chinese New Year is set for Sunday 14 February with the start of the Year of the Tiger. To kick-off the Year of the Tiger, the national celebration of the Chinese New Year will take place on Saturday 13 February at 11.30 in the city hall of The Hague with an afternoon filled with dance, music, acrobats, and much more.

A one kilometer long red carpet will connect this location with Chinatown.

At 13.00 a Chinese dragon and lion’s parade with fireworks will mark the opening of the Chinese new year in Chinatown of The Hague. A great variety of cultural activities will take place in the center of The Hague and in the city hall.

The organisation of the Chinese New Year is a co-operation between the Stichting Chinese Culturele Evenementen Nederland, the City of The Hague, Chinatown and different Chinese organisations in the Netherlands.

For the latest update of the program visit www.chinesecultuur.nl
 

The Tiger
2010, 1998, 1986, 1974, 1962, 1950

Full of life, those born under this sign are fearless, noble and bursting with vigour. They are affectionate, generous and have a great empathy for fellow human beings. Their rebellious nature attracts them to adventure and deeds that call for action instead of deliberation. Optimistic, tigers have a great lot of spunk and would rather die trying than give up on their ideals. But beware; tigers are loners who don’t care much for company in their quests. Though spunky, they are essentially big babies who need their egos stroked often, and boy do they have huge ones! They are high-strung and easily tense up over trivial matters, allowing jealousy and possessiveness to get into the way of better judgement. Reckless, irreverent and rebellious, tigers think rules are created only to be broken.

The Year 2010 is the 4707th Chinese year. The Chinese believe that the first king of China was the Yellow King (he was not the first emperor of China). The Yellow King became king in 2697 B.C., therefore China will enter the 4707th year on February 4th, 2010 Also, the Chinese Year uses the cycle of 60 Stem-Branch counting systems and the Tiger is the 27th Stem-Branch in the cycle. Since 4705 = (60 x 78) + 27, therefore this Tiger Year is the 4707th Chinese Year.

The Chinese zodiac signs are determined by the lunar year in which you were born. The Chinese believe the animal ruling one's birth year has a profound influence on personality, and destiny.
The saying is: "This animal hides in your heart."

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