Once the gates were locked no amount of force could force them open and so it was said "evil could not pass the 'strategic gates'".
磚牆或木窗上的雕刻，花樣繁複、變化多端，巧思奇技令人神往不已。鹿港建築的迷人之處，正在於它的古樸、雅緻與格扇木窗間散發出的藝術美感。半邊井．甕牆．石敢當「半邊井」、「甕牆」、「石敢當」都是隱藏在鹿港街巷中的古蹟。