The animals are on the very brink of oblivion. If the rhinoceros is anything to go by, if the tiger disappears, the Chinese cultural tradition of venerating the tiger will also sooner or later be broken. Even though the tiger beliefs which run deep in folk culture will not disappear easily, without the tiger, won't tiger culture, which will remain in form only, be lacking something?
如果以犀牛為鑑，隨著老虎滅絕，中國人崇虎文化的香煙看來遲早也會斷絕；即使已深入民間文化的老虎信仰不會輕易消失，但沒有了老虎，徒留形式的老虎文化，總還是少了一些什麼吧？