After the lion found its way into Chinese mythology, it usurped some of the tiger's functions For instance, "wind lions" traditionally protect houses from evil spirits. "But in fact previously this kind of role had always been played by tigers," remarks Yuan Chang-rue, curator of the anthropology department at Taiwan Provincial Museum.
雖然獅子進入中國後，取代了老虎一部分的地位，過去屋宅常以風獅爺辟邪，「但過去這樣的角色其實都是老虎在扮演」，省立博物館人類學組長阮昌銳說。