{"id":8912,"date":"2015-08-20T15:30:31","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T07:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lucie-guyard.com\/blog\/?p=8912"},"modified":"2015-08-19T19:00:24","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T11:00:24","slug":"the-legend-of-zhinu-and-niulang-or-the-chinese-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lucie-guyard.com\/blog\/the-legend-of-zhinu-and-niulang-or-the-chinese-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The legend of Zhinu and Niulang or the Chinese Valentine&rsquo;s day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lucie-guyard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Valentinesday_021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8913\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lucie-guyard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Valentinesday_021.jpg\" alt=\"Valentinesday_02\" width=\"600\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.lucie-guyard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Valentinesday_021.jpg 600w, 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decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8916\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lucie-guyard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Valentinesday_081.jpg\" alt=\"Valentinesday_08\" width=\"600\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.lucie-guyard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Valentinesday_081.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.lucie-guyard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Valentinesday_081-300x218.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.lucie-guyard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Valentinesday_081-480x349.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lucie-guyard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Valentinesday_101.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8917\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lucie-guyard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Valentinesday_101.jpg\" alt=\"Valentinesday_10\" width=\"600\" height=\"608\" 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