{"id":115,"date":"2014-01-25T20:34:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-25T20:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/25\/chinese-new-year\/"},"modified":"2014-01-25T20:34:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-25T20:34:00","slug":"chinese-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/chinese-new-year.html","title":{"rendered":"Chinese New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<h1>The Year of the Horse<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">January 31<sup>st<\/sup> is celebrated as Chinese New Year.&nbsp; This year is the Year of the Horse according to the Chinese zodiac.&nbsp; As you have read in this blog, my husband and I spent time in China this past fall.&nbsp; I would like to share some photos of various Chinese textiles we encountered from vintage to contemporary.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-HyPZ33WphdE\/UuQWEmirI5I\/AAAAAAAABq8\/qSEVPn5IvZs\/s1600\/china+fabric+8.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-HyPZ33WphdE\/UuQWEmirI5I\/AAAAAAAABq8\/qSEVPn5IvZs\/s1600\/china+fabric+8.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;Our hotel in Beijing -Double Happiness Hotel<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cUS51HSiLjk\/UuQV7JkqtsI\/AAAAAAAABqw\/D6p5UEgG444\/s1600\/china+fabric+6.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cUS51HSiLjk\/UuQV7JkqtsI\/AAAAAAAABqw\/D6p5UEgG444\/s1600\/china+fabric+6.jpg\" height=\"338\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-OC_1Zyc_xno\/UuQV_Z_6vRI\/AAAAAAAABq4\/6Bx2xZK9nBY\/s1600\/china+fabric+7.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-OC_1Zyc_xno\/UuQV_Z_6vRI\/AAAAAAAABq4\/6Bx2xZK9nBY\/s1600\/china+fabric+7.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"370\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;Hotel employees wore beautiful silk uniforms<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-vZWgVpva-ZI\/UuQVxFAcTCI\/AAAAAAAABqg\/_9YqJvzR-xE\/s1600\/china+fabric+4.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-vZWgVpva-ZI\/UuQVxFAcTCI\/AAAAAAAABqg\/_9YqJvzR-xE\/s1600\/china+fabric+4.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Our room furnishings- a traditional wedding bed. &nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Crisp bedding and lovely silk drapes<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-fLOfdaHS7eA\/UuQVhRIEPEI\/AAAAAAAABqI\/3C5NB9ke2z4\/s1600\/china+fabric+1.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-fLOfdaHS7eA\/UuQVhRIEPEI\/AAAAAAAABqI\/3C5NB9ke2z4\/s1600\/china+fabric+1.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Traditional furniture was covered with silk brocade<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-1uGTkFSUC3Y\/UuQVnQoZhTI\/AAAAAAAABqQ\/ogiMNf_zJoE\/s1600\/china+fabric+2.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-1uGTkFSUC3Y\/UuQVnQoZhTI\/AAAAAAAABqQ\/ogiMNf_zJoE\/s1600\/china+fabric+2.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Photo shoot at The Forbidden City<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZHAl6Gd2x94\/UuQVsQ-sSoI\/AAAAAAAABqY\/MBTTXs6D90I\/s1600\/china+fabric+3.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZHAl6Gd2x94\/UuQVsQ-sSoI\/AAAAAAAABqY\/MBTTXs6D90I\/s1600\/china+fabric+3.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-miJTbxfH4So\/UuQWKpb3GKI\/AAAAAAAABrI\/4sI8GqI5m_0\/s1600\/china+fabric+9.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-miJTbxfH4So\/UuQWKpb3GKI\/AAAAAAAABrI\/4sI8GqI5m_0\/s1600\/china+fabric+9.jpg\" height=\"640\" width=\"468\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Display of vintage children&#8217;s hats and slippers<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-CybN6XQNC-0\/UuQXaeDfe9I\/AAAAAAAABrQ\/nI5dk_-a89Q\/s1600\/china+fabric+10.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-CybN6XQNC-0\/UuQXaeDfe9I\/AAAAAAAABrQ\/nI5dk_-a89Q\/s1600\/china+fabric+10.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Home furnishings display of luxurious silk bedding. &nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Also available in fabrics of cotton-bamboo blends<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ltKSUsnbH3E\/UuQV1UenXuI\/AAAAAAAABqo\/itrCFtq-Ffs\/s1600\/china+fabric+5.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ltKSUsnbH3E\/UuQV1UenXuI\/AAAAAAAABqo\/itrCFtq-Ffs\/s1600\/china+fabric+5.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Contemporary silk yardage<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Happy New Year, especially if you were born in the Year of the Horse!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Year of the Horse January 31st is celebrated as Chinese New Year.&nbsp; This year is the Year of the Horse according to the Chinese zodiac.&nbsp; As you have read in this blog, my husband and I spent time in China this past fall.&nbsp; I would like to share some photos of various Chinese textiles&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}