Distribution and Changes of Tigers and Their Disaster in Shanxi during the Period of History

There were plenty of records about tigers in Shanxi even before the Qing Dynasty,since the Song and Tang Dynasties,It had become more serious.Until the Qing Dynasty,tigers were distributed around the north and south parts of Shanxi,scattered along the mountain range,centered on the north and the south of Luliang Mountain,Taiyue Mountain,Hengshan Mountain,the northeast of Wutai Mountain and Taihang Mountain,the transition zone of the southeast of Zhongtiao Mountain and the south of Taihang Mountain.Tiger disaster was very serious in Shanxi during Kangxi and Qianlong Periods.After Qianlong Period,the tiger disaster became less serious and the tiger number became fewer.The direct reason for the falling number was human killing,and the human activities and economic development also contributed a lot to it.