{"id":851,"date":"2020-04-09T16:43:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T16:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=851"},"modified":"2026-08-09T11:15:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T11:15:17","slug":"qx-109-159","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=851","title":{"rendered":"QX #109\/159, #171b, #172c"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3525\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3525\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_9695-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><sup>\u53c2\u653f\u80e1\u540c; QX #109 or \u00a0QX #159<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sub>The tiles in my childhood home in Beijing, 2020.12.26 \u21d2<\/sub><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=624\">Chee Hsin cement tiles<\/a>\u00a0were most familiar to me, because I grew up with them. Chee Hsin not only tiled my childhood home but many my relatives&#8217; as well.<\/p>\n<p>This pattern, as usual, had two sets of numbers on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skigmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG-samples_8718-samples-scaled.jpeg\">Sample Book<\/a>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_9499.jpg\">#109 and \u00a0#159<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><sup>In 2016<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_9175-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-8154\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_9175-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_9176-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-8156\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_9176-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seen elsewhere:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=13872\">Negombo<\/a>, Sri Lanka<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=13866\">BJ \u5317\u4eac\u5185\u57ce<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=13505\">Shaoxing Lu \u4fb5\u6743<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=13499\">Yongjia?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=13486\">Dhar Mann<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=13465\">Mei Lanfang&#8217;s birth place<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=13451\">Red Cross<\/a> \u7ea2\u4f1a\u533b\u9662 in Hangzhou<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=13233\">San Jose<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=7436\">lookalike<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=12015\">Java \u2013 Yogyakarta \u65e5\u60f9<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/?p=92728\">Soul<\/a> of Saigon,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/?p=91655\">Vietnam<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=6308\">near Zhang Xueliang&#8217;s<\/a>, Tianjin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=4353\">St Joseph\u2019s Cathedral \u897f\u5f00\u6559\u5802 <\/a>\u00a0Tianjin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=9950\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-9966 alignright\" title=\"\u4e0d\u6b3a\u5802\u8303: Fan Zhongyan 51 \u51e4\u9633\u8def\u4e03\u4e8c\u56db\u5f04\u00a0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/564e097a2df291cd1af546b0cb7def40-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u4e0d\u6b3a\u5802\u8303 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=9950\">Fan Zhongyan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=8380\">Tianjin \u5723\u5fc3\u4f1a\u6559\u5802<\/a> #109<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=8331\">Sarasota<\/a>\u00a0#109<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=7768\">Chen Cihong \u9648\u6148\u9ec9<\/a>\u00a0#109, #171<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=4659\">Tianjin \u6613\u5146\u4e91\u65e7\u5c45<\/a>\u00a0#109<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=4479\">Xia residence \u590f\u6c0f\u5b85<\/a>\u00a0#109<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=4500\">Pan residence \u6f58\u6c0f\u5b85<\/a>\u00a0trim <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=1060\">#171<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=3882\">Maoming N Road \u8302\u540d\u5317\u8def<\/a>, trim <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=1060\">#171<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"&lt;a href=https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=3882\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3892\" title=\"QX #171: Maoming N Road \u8302\u540d\u5317\u8def\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_0595-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=929\">Java Island<\/a>, Indonesia #109<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=4649\">HomeDepot<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&#8230; similar (?)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=8508\">Floor &amp; Decor<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=8551\">Tile Shop<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=4649\">Merola<\/a>\u00a0(?) in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=8331\">Sarasota<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=7866\">FB<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=7713\">Darmstadt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=7426\">Weston, CT<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The central tile&#8217;s spec: \u00a07<sup>7\/8 <\/sup>square, 1&#8243; thick and 3.85 lb in weight.<\/p>\n<p>Border\/trim tiles: I don&#8217;t remember seeing them at our homes, and my cousins don&#8217;t remember seeing them either. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=934\">Mei Lanfang&#8217;s former home used the trim<\/a>. It seems Shanghai utilized the trims more often than Beijing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_9696-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3587\" title=\"Canzheng \u53c2\u653f 2020.12.26 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_9696-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3074-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3585\" title=\"Xisi \u897f\u56db 2012.4.08\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_3074-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_9499.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3600\" title=\"from the Sample Book\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_9499-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Seen elsewhere: mostly in Shanghai, courtesy of Feng Guoyin \u51af\u56fd\u911e.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=13872\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-13875\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/19490b1b06f7b6fde5dfb21dbbda69-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"2026.6.05 Sri Lanka\"\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=13499\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-13500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/a318aeb96f6219d1e7f44e4523c2f003-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=13505\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-13507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5ee50432cdc6ee1dc222f97b89f4abc7-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/?p=98864\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-13435\" title=\"2025.9.20 Red Cross @ Hangzhou\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9d09aeb1aa27fd768ced966600b93ba7-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=12015\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12016\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_4273-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=6308\">\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-10711\" title=\"Tianjin, 2024.7.22\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_0864-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=4353\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-10699\" title=\"Tianjin, St Joseph\u2019s Cathedral \u897f\u5f00\u6559\u5802, 2024.7.20\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_0817-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=9950\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9951\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_8085-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=7768\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-7777\" title=\"2021.12.20\/2022.6.06 @ Chen Cihong \u9648\u6148\u9ec9\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_3822-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=5724\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5728\" title=\"2021.6.05 Suzhou\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_7283-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4779.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4730\" title=\"Feng, 2021.4.21\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4779-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=4500\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4504\" title=\"2021.4.05 Shanghai\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3488-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=4479\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4486\" title=\"2021.4.05, Xia @ Pudong\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3471-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=3882\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3900\" title=\"2021.1.27\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_0600-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=3882\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3897\" title=\"2021.1.27\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_0543-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More \u00a0QX #109\/#159, 171b, 172c and 121b. The white cat was by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=5015\">Katya Knyazeva<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=13465\">\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-13467\" title=\"2025 Mei Lanfang \u6545\u5c45\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_7097-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/?p=92728\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-92729\" title=\"2024.12.11 Soul @ Saigon \" src=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_9590-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=8380\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-8382\" title=\"2022.11.26 TJ \u610f\u79df\u754c\u5723\u5fc3\u5802\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_2005-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=5015\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5017\" title=\"Shanghai, circa 2010: Melancholic white cat living inside a beautiful courtyard house at 55 Caojia Jie by Katya Knyazeva\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_5261-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-858\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4014-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4014-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4014-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_4014-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1057\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_6652-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_6652-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_6652-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_6652-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/> <\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2574\" title=\"2020.9.21, Shanghai, Jardine \u6768\u6811\u6d66\u7eb1\ud840\udc86\u5927\u73ed\u4f4f\u5b85\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_3761-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_3761-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_3761-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_3761-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and &#8230; here in US, or on the Internet &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=13660\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-13661\" title=\"2025.12.25\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_8986-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=9032\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9035\" title=\"2023.7.13\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_7072-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_1968-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-8668\" title=\"2023.3.29 @ Lowe's\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_1968-3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=8551\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-8568\" title=\"2023.2.24 @ Tile Shop\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_8205-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=8551\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-8567\" title=\"2023.2.24 @ Tile Shop\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_8206-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=8508\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-8574\" title=\"2023.2.24, marble\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_8196-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=8331\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-8336\" title=\"2022.11.18 Sarasota\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_1712-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=7866\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-7867\" title=\"FB, 2022.6.18\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_4347-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tiles in my childhood home in Beijing, 2020.12.26 \u21d2 Chee Hsin cement tiles\u00a0were most familiar to me, because I grew up with them. Chee&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=851\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">QX #109\/159, #171b, #172c<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"index","bgseo_robots_follow":"follow","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[21,22,42,4],"class_list":["post-851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chee-hsin-130-130","tag-beijing-siheyuan","tag-beijing","tag-shanghai-","tag-yeye","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=851"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13882,"href":"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions\/13882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}