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What does it mean to post pictures of cats in a store?

Hello, pictures of cats posted in stores are meant to attract wealth.

About the Eastern Han Dynasty, today’s domestic cats officially entered Chinese society. By the time of the Tang Dynasty, keeping cats had become a mainstream fashion among the upper classes, and a large number of "cat slaves" knelt before "cat people". With the popularity of cat keeping, many cat-related customs have emerged.

According to the historical notebook "Youyang Miscellaneous Group", traders who opened shops in the Tang Dynasty believed that if a cat raised its paws above its ears when washing its face, it meant that the house was full of guests (a cat washing its face if it had washed its ears above its ears meant that the guests would be crowded) to). Display a portrait or sculpture of a cat with its paws raised above its ears in the store.