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Astrology is also immensely popular today. Not only the Western horoscope with its constellations, but also the The Chinese astrology is popular. Chinese has an even longer history than the Western system of constellations.
Chinese astrology assumes a 12-year cycle and is based on the lunar calendar. Each sign is represented by an animal. People born under this sign are also said to adopt certain characteristics of this animal, according to Chinese wisdom.
Your Chinese horoscope is determined by the year you were born.
2022 is the year of the tiger. The Tiger is the constellation of people born in 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010 and, of course, 2022 (Note: the Chinese year does not coincide with the Western calendar, moreover, Chinese New Year does not fall on the same date every year. Chinese New Year always begins in January or February )
The Tiger symbolizes courage, decisiveness and empathy. Tigers are also intuitive, focused and goal-oriented. They work hard, are honest and good team players.
LEGO® together with ToyPro celebrated this Chinese New Year with the LEGO® 40491 set "The Year of the Tiger". This special set worth €9.99 was given as a gift if you placed an order of at least €79.99 worth of LEGO® sets, parts and/or minifigures.
The cheerful LEGO® tiger, consists of 193 lego bricks. You can put the tiger on a display after building it and you will also find an envelope in the package. In the envelope you can put money if you give the set to someone as a gift. In fact, this is the tradition in China. They give an envelope with money to the one they love.
If you are one of the lucky ones who managed to get LEGO® 40491 set "The Year of the Tiger" then you are already one step close to collecting all 12 animals. Did you miss him? Build it easily with the building instructions found on this page. Need extra LEGO parts? Then you've come to the right place too!
View the building instructions for this LEGO® set.
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