Sender: Yi-Ting Yeh
The people of Anping used to decorate their house with the totem of Sword-Lion for protection against evil spirits. Nowadays it is a symbol of Anping.
Allegedly, the tradition of Sword-Lions dates back to the Ching Dynasty. Troops garrisoned in Anping in the settlement’s earliest days would carve images of a lion on their shields to strike fear into the hearts of their enemies. They would then place their swords and shields at the doorway when they returned home, and this practice eventually evolved into the local custom of hanging a sword lion emblem above the doorway to ward off potential intruders.
Yi-Ting's postcard depicts two sword-lions, but one of them has a different kind of sword!
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