Raising cats is unlucky: Why do the older generation think that raising cats is not good, and will they oppose raising cats?
It is an old saying that it is not good to keep cats. There is no scientific evidence to prove that it is not good to keep cats. Then why do the older generation object to raising cats and say that it is unlucky to keep cats?
Reasons why the older generation thinks owning a cat is unlucky
- Affecting fortune
As the saying goes, "cats are poor, dogs are rich". It is said that if there are many mice in the house of the poor, cats will come, and if there is meat in the house of the rich, dogs will come. There is another saying, that is, people of the older generation often say that dogs are not too poor. It's because dogs are good animals to feed, and they just need to eat. And this is not the case with cats. Cats are very picky about food and can leave at any time.
- Bring bad luck
There is a superstition in the north called: Dogs come to get rich, and cats come to bring sackcloth. It is said that if a cat suddenly comes to your house, it is not a good sign, and there is something ominous. Feng Shui also says that black cats are bad luck, and black dogs can ward off evil spirits.
- Affect Feng Shui
Because the cat's meow "meow", the homophonic pronunciation is "destroy", "no" and "mould", the ancients believed that the cat was unlucky and affected feng shui.
- Cats are evil
There are many legends in ancient times that cats can be psychic, because the eyes of cats are very mysterious, various eye colors and a little weird. Especially at night, two bright cold lights in the dark make one's heart tense, which is called yin and yang eyes. Especially when cats fry for no reason, people will think that there is zero and one
- Cats are dirty and have a lot of bacteria
Cats are nocturnal and easy to go to the wild in mountain villages, so I think cats will stick to some dirty things, and cats have thick hair, and they are easy to breed parasites such as fleas if they are cleaned irregularly. In addition, there is a saying that cats are easily infected with Toxoplasma gondii, which leads many people to think that cats are dirty. On the contrary, cats love to be clean.
There is a saying that goes well: "To you it's just a pet, to it, you are what it's all about". So believe in science, there is nothing bad about owning a cat.