Raising a cat is unlucky: Why do the older generation think it is bad to raise a cat and oppose it?
It is an old saying that keeping cats is bad, and there is no scientific basis to prove that keeping cats is bad, so why do the older generation object to keeping cats and say that keeping cats is unlucky?
The reason why the older generation thinks it is unlucky to own a cat
- Affect wealth
As the saying goes, "cats come poor, dogs come rich". It is said that cats will come to poor people if there are many mice, and dogs will come to rich people if there are meat smells. In addition, there is another saying, that is, people of the older generation often say: a dog is not too poor. It is because dogs are easy to feed animals, as long as there is food to eat. And this is not as good as cats. Cats are very picky about food and can leave at any time.
- Bring bad luck
There is a superstitious saying in the north: Dogs bring wealth, cats bring linen. It is said that if a cat comes to your house suddenly, it is not a good omen, and there is an ominous saying. Feng Shui also says that black cats bring bad luck and black dogs can ward off evil spirits.
- Affect Feng Shui
Because the cat's cry "meow" is homonymous for "mie", "no" and "mildew", the ancients believed that cats were unlucky and affected Feng Shui.
- Cats are evil
There are many legends in ancient times that cats can be psychic, because cats' eyes are very mysterious, with various eye colors and a little weird. Especially at night, two bright cold lights in the dark make people feel nervous, which are called Yin and Yang eyes. Especially when cats blow hair for no reason, people will think that there is zero one
- Cats are dirty and have a lot of bacteria
Cats are nocturnal, and they tend to go to the wild in mountain villages, so it is believed that cats will stick to some dirty things, and the cat's hair is relatively thick, and if it is not cleaned regularly, it is easy to breed germs such as parasites, such as fleas. In addition, there is a saying that keeping cats is easy to be infected with Toxoplasma gondii, which leads many people to think that cats are dirty. But on the contrary, cats love to be clean.
There is a good saying: "To you, it is just a pet, to it, you are all of it." So we must firmly believe in science, there is nothing bad about keeping cats.