In China, cats are a symbol of good luck. Many people have seen The Picture of Cats and Butterflies: cute kittens play with colorful butterflies, or are surrounded by clusters of peony flowers. The auspicious implication of this picture is longevity and wealth, because "Cat Butterfly" is the homonym of "octogenarian", which was the name of people aged 80 or 90 in ancient China. Then lucky cats can be divided into male cats and female cats. Male cats raise their right hands to symbolize lucky money, wealth and happiness. The mother cat raised her left hand, symbolizing a wide range of good relations and thousands of guests. Most of the shops are female cats. I believe that as long as there are crowds, there will basically be Qian Chao. Therefore, the general lucky cat mainly refers to the female cat.
Cats have many symbolic meanings in ancient and modern times. In ancient Egypt, cats were regarded as sacred animals. In medieval Europe, cats were regarded as the embodiment of the devil; In ancient China, people believed that cats had nine lives to symbolize people with great wealth. In today's society, most people think that cats symbolize meekness.
In ancient Egypt, cats were regarded as sacred animals. Egyptians worship the sun god, so they think it is a great thing that cats can move in the dark. So many fat cats can be seen in temples in ancient Egypt.
In the era when Christianity prevailed, many western European countries regarded cats as pagan forces, especially witches' best companions, especially black cats. One of edgar allan poe's novels is called Black Cat, which is very strange and scary. Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter often incarnates as a black cat and so on.