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A small pagoda is also sometimes built on the roof of a house, with a pottery jar that contained five varieties of grain is placed within the pagoda.

On top of the pagoda, a white stone is placed together with ox and sheep horns.

By tradition, the door of a Qiang house is supposed to face south and the pagoda is built on the northern end of the roof in line with the door.

Every morning, the Qiang family will burn incense sticks or cedar twigs in the pagoda and kowtow to it, praying for the protection of the family by the god of the white stone.