Sanying's Panay was born in Taitung's Chishang Township, and recalls a hill there with the Aboriginal name meaning "throat" in recognition of a local custom-when grazing cattle or sheep stray onto someone else's land, the landowner cuts their heads off to warn away others.
她想起故鄉台東池上那個叫「奇薩拉艾」的山頭，漢語意思是「喉頭」──土地一旦被別人放養的牛羊入侵，就要割下對方牲畜的喉頭，以示警誡、教訓。