虎是凶猛而又危险的兽类动物 ,人称兽中之王。中国境内的虎患至少开始于春秋战国时期 ,据《虎荟》记载 ,秦昭襄王时“白虎为害 ,自秦蜀巴汉患之。……虎历四郡 ,害千二百人”。以后历朝均偶有虎患之记载 ,但明清虎患最为严重。明清时期广东地区的社会经济已较发达 ,然而众多的 Tiger is a ferocious and dangerous animal, known as the king of beasts. The tigers in China began at least during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. According to “Tiger Hui” records, when Qin Zhaoxiang was a “victim of the White Tiger, he suffered from the Qin and Ba-hans.” After the calendar were recorded occasional tiger, but the most serious tiger in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the social economy in Guangdong was more developed, however, there were many