What does it mean that pigs come to be poor, dogs come to be rich, and cats come to open pawn shops?

This proverb can be traced back to 1600 years ago. According to June, 2065438+2004, in the cave group of Northern Wei Dynasty in caijiapo Town, Qishan County, a flue was found next to the Buddha statue in the cave, and cat-shaped stone carvings similar to "lucky cats" and exaggerated statues of "providers" were found. A "lucky cat" actually appeared in the caves and shrines of the Northern Wei Dynasty more than 600 years ago/kloc-0. This is enough to prove that as early as a long time ago, "pig" represented malefic in geomantic omen, and malefic belonged to the door. Everyone knows that jinxing is unlucky. Pig means "useless". If there is such a person in the family, does it indicate that the family is going downhill and heading for poverty? At present, there are very few pigs in rural families, and most of them are professional cooperatives, and the phenomenon of pigs running around is rare.

"Dog" represents the patron saint, who can go to disaster, especially the so-called unclean things. Dogs are synonymous with loyalty, intelligence and loyalty, and people like them. In addition, the barking of dogs symbolizes the name of "Want Want", so "Dogs come to make a fortune" has become a kind of hope and sustenance. "Dogs come to make a fortune and people prosper." In our village, it is said that dogs can see things that people can't. When these things come to you, then the dog will scare away all these unclean things. So it's called the patron saint.

"Cat" stands for night god, and some people say that they are familiar with death, because cats like to go out for a walk at night and may talk to death. This is what feng shui says: "pigs come poor, dogs come rich, and cats come to open pawn shops." There is an old saying in the countryside, "Eat cat food and live to ninety-nine". It is said that cats are very picky about food, demanding less food, not eating meat, and being very particular about eating. Of course, you will live to ninety-nine. Compared with pigs and dogs, cats are aristocrats. You have heard of pigs and dogs, but not cats, so rich people have more cats. As for pawn shops, farmers used to want to pawn something when they needed money urgently. In everyone's mind, people who can afford a pawnshop are rich. There is also a saying that "cats come to open pawn shops".

The language of common sayings circulating in rural areas is concise, but it is not logically presented according to the nature of things. People tend to reverse the cause and effect of some life, so as to compare some things. "The poor pig is coming", "the rich dog is coming" and "the cat is coming from the pawnshop", which means "the pig is poor, the dog is rich, and the cat is coming to open the pawnshop".