"Lions guarding the gate" is often a folk practice, and "tiger sitting in the middle of the hall" is often a practice of bandits, or some places where weapons are gathered. The reason why people in ancient times respected "lion guarding the door" is mainly related to "superstition" and "prayer". As we all know, the ancients were superstitious and ignorant. They believed that there were gods, monsters, and ghosts in this world. Gods and immortals are rare to see, but demons and ghosts are almost common among the ancients. Of course, people now know that this was just the psychology of the people at that time. In fact, it was just some things that they didn't understand, so they used ghosts to explain them, and spreading rumors made people feel that they were surrounded by ghosts.
As there are more monsters and ghosts around us, there will be more injustices. In order to live a stable life and resist evil spirits, people place stone lions in front of their homes. Why place stone lions?
Because the lion is the mythical animal Suanni in ancient times. Suanni is naturally capable of restraining evil spirits such as ghosts. In addition, it is a mythical beast believed by humans, so spirits and monsters do not dare to provoke them. So people put stone lions, or "stone suanni", at their doorsteps to pray for the protection of the mythical beast and to prevent those monsters and ghosts from entering their homes. Superstition is superstition. In short, people want to live a good life, and living a stable life without being disturbed is the core.
However, it is rare for people to place tiger-related items in their homes, because tigers represent killing in ancient culture. The white tiger among the blue dragon and white tiger represents the god of death. If tiger-related items are placed in the home, it will make the home full of murderous aura. People just want to live a stable life and do not like to fight and kill, so the people do not let tigers sit in the middle of the hall.
But the green forest heroes like to fight and kill. Which of those gangsters and robbers doesn't hang their heads on their belts? So they not only like murderous intent, but the stronger the murderous intent, the more they like it. Because murderous aura represents strength and indicates that they are strong, the leaders on the mountain where bandits gathered in ancient times all sat on tiger-skin chairs.
To sum up, the lion guarding the gate and the tiger sitting in the middle hall are actually the ancients' prayer for a stable life or the pursuit of strength.