While many are celebrating Valentine’s day, on February 14 over a billion Chinese people worldwide will celebrate the Lunar New Year. Chun Jie, or Spring Festival is a weeklong celebration where families get together to celebrate with feasts, fireworks and marathon games of mahjong.

Chinese New year falls on the second new moon after the Winter Solstice, which can vary from late January to late February.

2010 is the year of the iron tiger, people born in these years are considered to be courageous, passionate, impulsive and generous. Famous Tigers include Karl Marx, Ho Chi Minh, Agatha Christie and Queen Elizabeth II.