To avert bad luck and ward off evil, many of the early inhabitants placed ceramic models, each about six or seven inches high, of a figure they call the Wind Lion Lord on the roofs of their buildings.
為了鎮邪、擋煞，以保平安，許多古老磚造房屋的屋頂中央，都立著一個騎在獅子上的「風獅爺」。這些陶塑的風神偶像，高六、七寸，也稱為「瓦將軍」。