But shih-kan-tang wayside tablets and stone lions are the two most favored such objects. Both have existed in many regions of the country for centuries, but while one is a native form, the other came from a distant land.
而石敢當、石獅子可說是厭勝物中的熱門品，存在既久也廣，不過來源不同，一為「舶來品」；一是「土產品」。