The Forbidden City appeared as a giant royal cat, attracting countless eyes.
If you are just envied by people, or pick up an Internet celebrity to punch a card, its value and significance seem to be far from being released.
Let's follow the footsteps of the Imperial Cat in the Forbidden City and learn about the thousand-year link between people and cats.
Perhaps, many things are waiting for us to do.
Recent
Near the Shenwu Gate of the Forbidden City in Beijing
A group of super cute giant royal cat statues appeared
The statue is vivid and endearing
Tourists come to take photos
Become a new punch card
"Oh my God, how can people resist it?"
"It's so cute, I want to go to the cat"
"Decided to go and pick it up this week"
"I wanted to trick me into going to Beijing again"
……
In the face of the exclamation of netizens
People's Daily official micro
And the major media can not sit still
One after another, this cute thing was reported
In fact, small partners who are familiar with the Forbidden City will know
The Forbidden City has a group of cats
This makes many tourists confused
Why does the Forbidden City want to "raise cats"?
Those cats in the Forbidden City
As the best preserved palace building in China and even in the world
The Forbidden City can be said to be very attractive
It was a symbol of power in ancient China
Today, it is also a world-famous tourist punch card
Check the relevant information to find
The habit of raising cats in the Forbidden City
It has been more than 300 years old
After the construction of the Forbidden City from the Ming Dynasty
The Forbidden City has a special cat breeding institution
Why keep a cat full-time?
Compared with the common "meow masters" in the Forbidden City today
In ancient times, there were actually more cats in the Forbidden City
Acting as a "meow guard" at night
The Forbidden City, known as the bearer of wooden and stone architecture
There are many wooden structures
So prevent rat infestation
It's a very serious and huge project
Centered on the three main halls
Covers an area of 720,000 square meters
The construction area is about 150,000 square meters
There are more than 70 large and small palaces and more than 9,000 houses
If it depends on manpower
The difficulty of catching rats can be imagined
Except the buildings in the Forbidden City are wooden
Easily destroyed by rats
Plus the kitchen of the Forbidden City
There are also a lot of rats
To prevent rat infestation
The Forbidden City specially trained a group of cats
They are distributed in all corners of the Forbidden City
Like a black cat sheriff
It is usually released when it is dark
For the defense of the Forbidden City
Having a cat seems to be a good choice
Small size
And can climb and jump and flash around
They come and go as they please
Gradually
These cats and cats have become the "darlings" of the Forbidden City.
The harems of the Forbidden City also liked cats very much
Some concubines will pick their favorite "pet cat"
Pass the time every day by petting the cat
Hundreds of years in a flash
Today, the cats and cats in the Forbidden City are still very pampered
They weave between the red walls and green tiles and the light and shadow
You're basking in the sun
During the day, it attracts attention by appearance
At night, each performed his duties to guard Miyagi
The Wind Blows the Cat Prophet
Cat IP
The Forbidden City Royal Cat attracts countless eyes
In addition to the Forbidden City
Rely on cats to establish IP and attract attention
There are already countless of them
Take the campus, for example
In order to attract students and reflect the humanistic feelings of the campus
The cats bore the brunt of it as a card worth showing off
Peking University's "Academic Cat" and "Auditor Cat"
It has long been a campus scene
Dr. Lin's cat
Widely discussed
As well as the calm cat, the bully cat, the seat cat, and the god stick cat
Wait a minute
In 2010, Tsinghua University's "Three Teachings"
Launched a "cat and dog cleaning campaign"
In most cats and dogs
When going to the canteen, dormitory building and grove, etc
A unique cat came to the old library of Tsinghua University
He was then taken in by a librarian
Became a resident inside
After a long time, it begins
Inspect the students in the library who are immersed in hard reading
Or "take the seat" and sleep
Some students even ridiculed it as the curator
Remember me?
I am a Shanda "rubbing class cat"
Originally, it was a stray cat
Because of the love of "learning"
Often "rubbing classes" in the octagonal building of the central campus of Shandong University
I am already unknown to everyone
Everyone knows the "star cat"
If you don't believe it, you can search the Internet and look at Weibo
Even the big star Yao Chen
He also boasts that he is "ambitious, a cat who wants to manage people!"
Life Daily had previously published
"Accidentally, I became a famous cat" for the title
It was reported on the rubbing cat of Shandong University
Caused widespread concern
Take business, for example
Domestic and foreign, some
Cafes, shops, restaurants, hotels, even companies
Rely on cats to suck gold
Previously, a very creative one
Cat themed coffee shop
It was originally born in Japan
It is mainly distributed in
Places like Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto
In recent years, it has also been with the torrent of the Internet age
Enter China
Soon it became a phenomenon-level punch card holy land
This kind of cat-picking is the mainstay
Drinking coffee is not so important a place
Soon it became
People relieve the stress of life
A recipe for bad emotions at work
Bringing a cat to work?
That's right
Some companies want to make employees more productive
So much so that I don't worry so much about the cats at home
Employees are allowed to bring cats to work
And other employees
Then he is willing to be the shoveler of cats and cats
Work is much more interesting because of the arrival of cats and cats
(Traveling green meow?) ）▼
A tale of a human cat through a thousand years
According to incomplete statistics
Worldwide
More than 600 million cats have settled in the crowd
Sometimes alienated and sometimes sweet and tender
Sometimes it is idyllic like water and sometimes wild and difficult to tame
Sometimes irritating and sometimes flattering
Cats are moody
But it is one of the most pleasing pets
It seems to be more of our family and friends
And in the long river of history
Cats at different stages
It is given different symbolic meanings by people
Because you can kill scorpions and snakes
Ancient Egyptians built a large number of sculptures and stone tablets for cats
The cat is even used as an incarnation of the god Bastis
Means the goddess of the city of Bubastis
And became the most central part of the city of Bubastis
It symbolizes fertility, multiplicity and nurturing
Even the ancient Egyptians would have cats when they died
The whole family mourned in mourning clothes and shaved their eyebrows
And then with the spread of Christianity
European countries began to see cats as demon messengers
It is considered to symbolize betrayal
According to the carnivorous cat encyclopedia
The ancestors of domestic cats are presumably desert cats from ancient Egypt
And the Persian cats of Persia
It has been domesticated by humans for 3,500 years
Food in human habitation
Attract rats to steal food
The wild cats are attracted to the rats again
After it was discovered that cats could catch mice and control rat infestations
Start trying to get the cat to stay
Domestication took place
Domestic cats are domesticated from different species
And it happens in different places at different times
The way of life of an agrarian civilization
Let humans have a strong intention to domesticate feral cats
After the cat was trained
Like a member of a family
Accompanying human beings
Spanning over time
Friends who sleep and eat together▼
Are they okay when winter comes
At the moment, mouse hunting is for cats
It already seems trivial
It can more soothe and touch the various needs of modern people
However, look around
Stray cats are starting to appear in more and more communities
More and more
Different from the cat guards of the Forbidden City
Stray cats have no home
In cold weather can only live in the hood of the car
Places where the living environment is harsh, such as gaps in buildings
Even if someone feeds it is not regular
The cats and cats have brought us so much beauty
Winter is coming
Are they okay?
Recently, Ma Yun is giving
Conservation Area Rangers are expected when awarding awards
Don't let wildlife be the "story" of fiction
It has resonated with countless netizens
For us
Take action to care for the animals and plants around you and in nature
And cats, dogs... Tigers, leopards, etc. live in harmony
It must also be wonderful
Happy times
Comprehensive finishing sources: Sina.com, People Daily Official Micro, China News Network, CatGenie Cat Jieyi, A Cat A Dog Tour World, etc
Wen | Xiaoran
Planner | Shin Ji-min
Produced | Network Protection Nature Fusion Media