{"id":141885,"date":"2025-12-07T02:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T02:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=141885"},"modified":"2025-12-07T02:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T02:00:10","slug":"first-home-cat-reached-china-1400-years-ago-via-tang-dynasty-silk-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=141885","title":{"rendered":"First \u2018home cat\u2019 reached China 1,400 years ago via Tang dynasty Silk Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostFrom temple courtyards to trendy cafes, cats have long captivated hearts in China.<br \/>\nNow, scientists have shed light on the pet\u2019s origin in the country, suggesting its earliest presence dates back to the Tang dynasty (618-907), with its arrival via the Silk Road.<br \/>\nA Tang dynasty provincial governor was recorded as the first person in Chinese history to name his dozens of cats. The avid cat lover also set aside a large area at home to play with them.<br \/>\nWu Zetian, China\u2019s first and only woman emperor,&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3335303\/first-home-cat-reached-china-1400-years-ago-tang-dynasty-silk-road?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostFrom temple courtyards to trendy cafes, cats have long captivated hearts in China. Now, scientists have shed light on the pet\u2019s origin in the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141885"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141885\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}