"Taishan shigandang" come from

In a small tablet engraved "shigandang" or "taishan shigandang," in the bridge road crossroads or build by laying bricks or stones in the wall, to resist the road rush evil spirit, such customs, folk is very popular in China.

Text origin "as shigandang", the first in the western han dynasty Shi You "hurry" : "tiger, shigandang, don't abuse, dragons are not ended."It is said that it is han warriors, shigandang life, resist invasion risk prevention.Another said: "stone" current "taishan", its purpose is through the power of taishan to increase power.Mount tai "tiger" the word, ancient as "too", namely "big", too mountain is the mountain, the mountain town of evil spirits can pressure, this is the view of the elders.So, later generations in bridge road rush evil spirit, inevitably to stone carving on its name, is used to ward off evil spirits stirred, and defend the residents.