Happy Chinese New Year + museum findings

[starlin_elvea]

祝大家新年快乐，万事如意！

Sveikinimai į Kiniją jau po ~4 valandų ateisiančių Jaučio metų proga.

Happy Chinese New Year (starts in 4 hours, Beijing time)!

Now, some museum treasures. Yesterday in Victoria&Albert I found this nice piece of chinoiserie:

Comments

[truehobbit]

The lady is playing a Hackbrett - which my dictionary gives me as dulcimer in English, a very old European instrument.

(The odd thing is that I've known the word "dulcimer" for ages, but I didn't know what instrument it was - embarrassing. *blush*)

http://www.hscincin.musin.de/G-Mitmachen/G-1-Aktion%20des%20Monats/Adventkalender-2003/Tag-12/Hackbrett.JPG

http://www.ceolbinn.com/Dulcimer_hands.jpg

[starlin_elvea]

Wow, good to know! I knew the word, too, but not what the instrument looked like.