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What is the meaning of the word "Ha Shan Hu"?

Downhill Tiger-Architecture

Downhill Tiger houses are more common in rural areas of Chaoshan. The architectural layout is simpler than that of the "four-pointed gold" house, with two front rooms missing, but the rest of the house is basically the same. "There is a difference between the main door and the side doors because of the different accesses to the house. Usually not open the door in the middle and only open the two sides of the so-called "Dragon Tiger Gate", there are both open the main door and open the two sides of the door.

Downhill tiger - a kind of taboo

There is a taboo against the woman belonging to the tiger is very popular. This taboo is probably a direct result of the people's "fear of the tiger as a danger" mentality. The woman who is a tiger is regarded as a "tiger" that can really hurt and kill people. Since tigers always come out at night to eat people, the fear of nocturnal tigers is especially strong. And they are very serious about further categorizing the night-born tigers into "upper mountain tigers" and "lower mountain tigers". Those born in the first half of the night are called "Upper Mountain Tigers" and those born in the second half of the night are called "Lower Mountain Tigers". In comparison, the "Lower Tiger" is considered to be more vicious and powerful than the "Upper Tiger"! Because the "Lower Tiger" is a tiger that comes down from the mountain to look for food, so it must hurt people; while the "Upper Tiger" is a tiger that comes back from the mountain to look for food, so maybe it is full and will not hurt people anymore. Therefore, if it is a "tiger on the mountain" there is some room for maneuver, if it is a "tiger on the mountain", it must not marry into.