Monday, January 8, 2024

Big Gold Drop - fancy coat names from the 19th century Cat Garden

Yellow Persian cat sitting in front of overturned honey jug watching ants

Mao Yuan (The Cat Garden) is a 19th century compendium of contemporary cat lore and cat literature from antiquity. It was compiled around 1852-1853 by Huang Han, a native of Wenzhou. Enjoy selections from the Cat Garden and other works of late Imperial Chinese cat lore here.