PetraPandaPetraPanda@mastodon.social
Oct 22, 2026, 5:16 AMretooted Camellia Tea Ceremony
🌕BATS FOR BATS🦇
Unlike many countries, in Japan bats have long been considered auspicious symbols...their images used on everything from sword sheaths to kimono.
In China the word for bat (fù 蝠) was a homonym for 'wealth' or 'fortune' (fù 富), and over time the bat became connected to good luck.