2010 is the Year of the Tiger, which is also known by its formal name of Geng Yin.
Chinese calendar has been in continuous use for centuries. It predates the International Calendar (based on the Gregorian Calendar) in use at the present, which goes back only some 430 years. Basically, a calendar is a system we use to measures the passage of time, from short durations of minutes and hours, to intervals of time measured in days, months, years and centuries. These are fundamentally based on the astronomical observations of the movement of the Sun, Moon and stars.
2010 is Year 4707 in the Chinese Calendar
So, as we put the "Year of Tiger Woods 2009" behind us, its time to celebrate the real "Year of the Tiger" for the next many moons.
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