The Story Behind the Lucky Waving Cat

[@albertteng1191]

As an asian, though not living in china, taiwan, korea, or japan, i can say having cats in your place of business brings good fortune. Im saying this from my personal experience and from the experiences of other people. One day i saw a calico cat sitting outside my shop and when she saw me, she came forth begging for food. Being a pet lover, i bought some wet cat food from a nearby store and fed her. Following day she was there again, back for food cors. This went on for days until she came inside my shop. My shop sells home appliances and containers, and business is ok, not great. But i notice that when the cat started living inside my shop after a few weeks, business started picking up, so much that i had to hire extra help. I never connected the presence of the cat to my sudden good fortune, until i met some people online, and they did experience the same thing. They said one cannot just adopt any cat, the cat has to choose you. Whether this is superstition or not, im just glad i did it. Now, i feed strays whenever i can

[@ooXChrissieXoo]

For my family the fortune cat usually have a look, they got this tiny smiley mouth. We believe the cat has to chose you too. Our fortune cat was so funny, he had digestion issue, so I give him this enzyme pills. Somehow he found out it helps him, so he would jump next to me whenever I take the bottle out, and eats it himself.

[@itsmapleman]

I agree. I just noticed this recently that whenever you are visited by a cat or a cat comes running in front of you. Good fortune follows. Just from experience.

[@kamranrowshandel6395]

As an Asian, it looks like the sarcophagus of king Tut, who has the same facial hair as Chinese people but not Japanese people

[@FelinesMom]

we also believe that cat bring luck. while calico cat literally called lucky cats. especially Male calico cat as they're so rare. I've never seen one male calico cat, even tho i have 30+ cats at home. i have 4 female calico but no male. ❤

[@Freesavh1776]

Careful cats are like Potato chips and tattoos. You can never just have 1. 😂

[@TribleNerd]

Underrated. We gotta toss this guy around so they get more views

[@vheart2363]

I'm a 22 year old black American guy who is fascinated by Asia culture like japan/china for example and today I was at a flea market with my mother and I saw these cats on the selves in my mind couldn't get off from it so I bought one and now have it in my room . so listening to the story about it only just made me fascinated more with Asia culture much love for the video and Asia 🖤❤

[@darrylmcneil6634]

36 and so am I I keep these in my home

[@bubbisvali]

Every upload from this guy is a banger for real.

[@hartmutholzgraefe]

You will also see the "waving cats" on many conferences related to open source software and similar topics here in Germany and neighboring countries. The reason is actually technical after all: the waving pawn causes some constant motion so that cameras with motion detectors will not eventually shut themselves down between talks when nobody is on the podium, and in case a video feed freezes this can be spotted easily from remote by no longer seeing pawn motion on the control screen. The cat figurines were chosen for this purpose as they are rather easy to get in numbers, and for their cuteness factor, too ...

[@rossy3lo]

The cat was legendary even to this day.. The domestication of cats

[@domitabs]

I love the style of your videos. A new sub!

[@Nous98]

The daimyo name is "Ii" (two i-s ; capital I and lowercase i) not "Li". I noticed this because the Japanese language does not have the phoneme for "L" sound, rather they have only "R". Otherwise, great video as always!

[@myragroenewegen5426]

The first myth, with it's impossible date timeline, still begs the interesting question, "Why create THIS mythology around white cats and THIS temple and abbot at THIS time?" It's so very particular in focus -- the focus on otherworldly intervention for a good-but-imperiled temple though cats and the simultaneous life-saving of a human being as a seeming proof of the holy worthiness of both the cat and the temple (and as a sort of affirmation of the holiness of the temple's generosity to the needful animal, even when it was itself in need of resources). It's a very universally understandable story, but tied to very specific times, places and people. That really makes you want to dive fully into why there was this societal need to invent such a very particular story of this sort with so much reference to these real things, rather like we think about the specifics weaving in and out of theKing Arthur stories and the societal/historical insights they might give.

[@Memefan]

It’s all fun and games until it becomes sentient and it’s limbs separate from its body in order to eat people…

[@thalia5382]

I thought these were Chinese, thanks for clearing them up

[@rrjm9163]

When I was younger my Mom got a cat. She said I could name it. I said Cat. She said No! A day later I said Neko? She said Yes. A week later Mom asked Y Neko? I said it was Japanese 4 Cat! She was so 😡 that I had named the Cat Cat!😊🤭😉

[@aleks1939]

Ha Ha, my first cat was Kitty Cat! I was 33 when I rescued her.

[@Brurgh]

excellent video as always!

[@Lima_87]

Can anyone translate what the coin says on this particular cat? I’ve been searching with no luck

[@mzfklmzf]

I suppose they’re 千万両 in kanji. 千 means thousand, 万 means ten-thousands, and 両 is a unit of currency. So together they represent a Hugh amount of money.

[@Kalafinwë]

Daimyos had many holdings far from their main county/territories. It may have been a patch of land dedicated to hunting, that the lord had been given or bought.

[@chefjosesoto]

Great Story Thank You

[@5canwalk]

I m about to fly out from the land of waving cat, and I find this video absolutely insightful!🎉❤

[@jameshubert6103]

Cats when they see a famous Austrian Cat: 4:14

[@Huf2009]

the waving cat is called a maniki neko its fron japan and simblises luck

[@gpgwapo]

Thanks for the information nice content 🫡

[@Chris193_]

I’m not Asian but I just love the cat looks cute and appealing to look at

[@MrDDiRusso]

HELLO KITTY

[@buythaiproperty]

The Thais also have something similar displayed at most businesses. Instead of a cat it's a lady with a similar pose. She is called Nang Kwak นางกวัก and it was originally derived from the Thai rice goddess whose roots are Hindu.

[@bigboiganiga8356]

I have a dilemma. If you believe in a god but you realize that, that god derived from a god from another religion, wont that make your god in your religion to be fake?

[@michaeldufresne9428]

So if the is a Japanese tradition, what is it doing in Chinese businesses?

[@teogonzalez7957]

A lot of Japanese restaurants became Chinese restaurants during and after WW2 due to anti Japanese sentiments.

[@coreblue762]

The two cultures seem to have a habit of sharing culture while completely denying that they do lol

[@hayabusa1329]

Chinese and Japanese culture are very similar anyways

[@momomimimumu]

GREAT CONTENTS!!! NEW SUBSCRIBER!! Woohooo

[@thli8472]

Hello Kitty

[@Cpq-z1m]

HEY

[@nickking8994]

May the Lord bless you and keep you, may the the Lord ascribe peace to you. It's all the same. Hope you all are well!

[@devyngarcia6047]

Idols why would he bless him 😔

[@P4l3dg3]

Neko😂

[@tigerburn81]

So, if it's Japanese, why do Chinese stores have them?

[@DiamondsRexpensive]

Anime and manga have always been japanese. What are the Chinese doing but trying to copy the Japanese?

[@hayabusa1329]

@@DiamondsRexpensive lmao just stfu I doubt you're even asian. Japanese use Chinese culture and characters too

[@neverangel24officialytchan87]

@@hayabusa1329 Are you Japanese or Chinese?

[@neverangel24officialytchan87]

@@DiamondsRexpensive Who’s copying who? 😂

[@hayabusa1329]

​@@DiamondsRexpensivecopy your mom

[@robyndavis3043]

You can see these ceramic cats in the Chinese restaurants

[@NoNameNo.5]

Future foods

[@Mattdog45]

I like the first legend

[@blondesoniccfc]

Are they Chinese or Japanese

[@dewestereen]

Japanese

[@hayabusa1329]

Both

[@pri22v11]

Silly American beings the video saying Chinese shops with cats. It’s mainly a Japanese tradition not a Chinese tradition. Also the cat doesn’t say bye to customers it’s say hi. The positive not the negative. Anyhow, I bought two maneki Neko high quality strapya. One white one gold. Both with little gold Suzu bells that invoke good kami and the sound of which is described as being ‘refreshing or cooling’ in Japanese. I was enjoying the sound and was charmed when I saw them in the shop. Though they were expensive at $7 each for little bits of wood with a cheap bell but when i inspected them I saw the details and care that went into each. Typical high quality Japanese goods. I bought them. Today I was gifted $500 randomly. I’m thinking they attract positivity by being thought symbols. They remind you to think positively and with a wealth mind set and make you believe you are attracting good things and so you do. It’s really a form of magic.

[@judgedred_d]

he literally stated the opposite so everything you said. feel like you didn't even watch the video. self obsessed much.

[@aircnc9385]

@@judgedred_d they definitely didn’t watch or if they did, they don’t comprehend.

[@onechampion4128]

@@judgedred_d their the pick me people ignore them 😂

[@hayabusa1329]

It's both Chinese and Japanese alright?

[@aleks1939]

Yeah, he covered all that in the video. Did you even watch it?

[@rzo2271]

I thought its a tradition from Chinese culture, cuz in my country many of these found in Chinese community store and restaurants. But then why it's always associated and accepted in Chinese community, how it got spread??

[@d.e.seymour6792]

Tang dynasty poets rejoice

[@MikeAngeloStoTomas]

Because many Chinese believe in Feng Shui. In Feng Shui it incorporated many beliefs that brings fortune. Like for example feng shui experts sell horseshoe because in western culture it also bring lucky or wealth.

[@Metado42069]

it does nothing infact after i got one of them my life got even more miserable day per day