Cats were not widely domesticated in ancient China during the zodiac's origins around the Xia Dynasty (over 4,000 years ago).

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We could all use a little extra luck, and Chinese good luck symbols could bring luck energy into your life. These good luck symbols take many forms, such as Chinese characters, statues of dragons, ...

The maneki-neko goes by many names. The waving cat, the lucky cat, the beckoning cat. There are even more variations in its meaning. It’s generally believed a lifted left paw invites success in ...

Maneki neko (literally, beckoning cats) have been bringing fortune and luck to people since at least 1852. We can pinpoint the date because that was the year ukiyo-e master Hiroshige Utagawa depicted ...

Walk into any store, restaurant or even doctor’s office, and customers are most likely to find a Maneki Neko beckoning for attention. Company President Robert Iida believes that the lucky cat’s ...

For these animal signs, December is all about second (and third chances) when it comes to luck and good fortune.

Perhaps Haspel could have been more mindful of her restaurant’s name, too. Lee is the first name of owner Haspel’s husband, and they are both Jewish American. As Esther Tseng pointed out in an Eater ...

Chef Gordon Ramsay criticized a food writer last week who called a preview of his new restaurant, billed as an “Asian Eating House,” an “actual kitchen nightmare,” a reference to one of his TV shows.