Ku says that these "eyes," which look out onto the central courtyard for drying and threshing rice, also have a meaning: "The ancestors in the main hall can look out and see the children at play in the courtyard; it lets them see their descendants."
古德福說，面對中央稻埕的堂眼，其實是有其深意的，「廳下祖先們看著孩子在院中玩耍，也就是要看到後代的意思。」