While enjoying unprecedented comfort and prosperity, the people of Wanggongzhuang feel obliged to share the art with fellow farmers in the region. They’ve established painting schools to offer free courses to those in and out of the village. The fad of tiger painting has spread to communities even dozens of kilometers away, turning the whole area into an immense art workshop.

Delighted over changes in the village, one elder commented: “Throughout history, we farmers have been bending over to plough the field. Our hands were stained by mud. Now we have ink and paint on our fingers.” With tiger numbers dwindling day by day, their image will perhaps best be remembered in the works of Wanggongzhuang’s artists.