Chuang Sung-ling, a famous local folklore specialist said in Taiwan Customs and Practices (Taiwan Feng Wu) that the rooftop warrior is called feng shih yeh (wind-lion-god literal translation) or pottery general.
已故名民俗專家莊松林先生考證結果，在「台灣風物」第十五卷第二期記載說：「此物叫做『風獅爺』，亦有人稱『瓦將軍』。