The rhinoceros is driven to the brink of extinction by a tragic irony. For centuries, its horn was deified, attributed with medicinal powers it does not possess. Modern science confirms the horn, made of keratin like fingernails, has no curative value. Yet, the persistent myth fuels relentless poaching. The animal is thus killed for a promise that was always an illusion, its survival sacrificed to a futile superstition.  

犀牛因一場荒謬的諷刺而瀕臨滅絕：牠的角被神化為藥材，但科學證實其成分與指甲無異，毫無療效。然而，頑固的迷信仍驅使著盜獵。犀牛因此為一個虛假的承諾付出生命，牠的存亡淪為一場徒勞迷信的犧牲品。

The hippopotamus, with the largest mouth of any land animal, embodies the Eastern cultural concept of prosperity through its “gold-swallowing” presence. Its mighty jaws, resembling a mythical treasure basin, symbolize the powerful inflow and containment of wealth and fortune

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河馬生就陸上第一巨口，在東方文化中恰似活聚寶盆，象徵氣吞萬金、廣納財源的豐饒氣象。其貌敦厚穩重，寓含財大氣粗之吉兆，是招財納福的靈瑞之獸。 

The mystical five-element stones originate from the Chinese myth of Nüwa mending the heavens.