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by Albert Wen, Feb 9, 2010 | Destinations: Hong Kong / China
A Year of the Tiger display at the Landmark, Central, Hong Kong

A Year of the Tiger display at the Landmark, Central, Hong Kong

A Year of the Tiger display at the Landmark, Central, Hong Kong
A Year of the Tiger display at the Dragon Centre, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong
A Year of the Tiger display in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Dragons for the New Year, at the Western Market, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

It's the Year of the Tiger! Happy New Year!

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Read about the Tiger in the Chinese zodiac.

Want to learn how to write the Chinese character for Tiger? Let Mr. Kong Lee, who illustrated the book My Mom is a Dragon, show you how. Click here.

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