Back in mainland China however, where the tablets and the lions originated, the ravages of war and the Cultural Revolution have left many destroyed or damaged, like other vestiges of traditional culture.
而在石敢當、石獅的發源地﹘﹘中國大陸，它們也和其他傳統厭勝物一樣，先是歷經戰火摧殘，十年文革更是一大浩劫，石獅、石敢當，幾乎毀壞殆盡。