As well as providing a firm backrest for the god's tablet, the huatai symbolizes a mother's womb, open to the essences of the universe and giving birth to all creation, and is the most important part of a traditional building. "
除了有著安穩的靠背，化胎還象徵著母體的子宮，承受天地之氣、孕育一切萬物，是傳統建築最重要的地方」，賴志彰指出。