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The Dragon Li is a recently established Chinese breed of domestic cat (also called Chinese Li Hua or China Li Hua as a standardized breed, depending on breed registry).It was developed from a common landrace of cats in China, known as 貍花貓, Pinyin: líhuā māo, literally 'leopard cat patterned cat' (sometimes shortened to 花貓 huā māo or 貍貓 lí māo); the native cats are featured ...
This cat is also prevalent in China domestically, and is usually referred to as simplified Chinese: 招财猫; traditional Chinese: 招財貓; pinyin: zhāocáimāo; Jyutping: ziu1 coi4 maau1. Hikone City 's mascot, Hikonyan , a famous mascot in Japan, was created based on the folklore of Ii Naotaka and the maneki-neko of Gōtoku-ji Temple.
Cat Country (simplified Chinese: 猫 城 记; traditional Chinese: 貓 城 記; pinyin: Māochéngjì, also translated as City of Cats [1]) is a dystopian satirical novel by Chinese writer Lao She (1899–1966), first published in 1933. It has been translated into English, French, German, Hungarian, Japanese and Russian. [2]
The Chinese mountain cat is active at night and preys on pikas, rodents and birds. It breeds between January and March. Females give birth to two to four kittens in a secluded burrow. [10] Until 2007, the Chinese mountain cat was known only from six individuals, all living in Chinese zoos, and a handful of skins in museums. [11]
Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, or simply Sagwa, is a children's animated television series based on the children's book The Chinese Siamese Cat, created by Amy Tan which aired on PBS Kids, co-produced by Canada-based animation studio CinéGroupe and Sesame Street creator Sesame Workshop.
In Chinese lore there is a cat monster called the xiānlí (仙狸)" (Japanese pronunciation senri, where "Chinese: 狸" means "leopard cat"). In this telling, leopard cats that grow old gain a divine spiritual power (xian arts), shapeshift into a beautiful man or woman, and suck the spirit out of humans. [14]
Felis is a genus of small and medium-sized cat species native to most of Africa and south of 60° latitude in Europe and Asia to Indochina. The genus includes the domestic cat . The smallest of the seven Felis species is the black-footed cat with a head and body length from 38 to 42 cm (15 to 17 in).
The tale has been variously translated to English as The Prince replaced by a Cat, "Cat in Exchange for a Prince"; [1] The Baby Prince who was replaced by a Cat, [2] Palace Plot, [3] Exchange a Leopard Cat for the Crown Prince, [4] A Cat Replaces the Crown Prince; [5] and Exchanging a Leopard Cat for a Prince.