This includes typical homes from regions along with homes from orchards, gardens, mills and pillories. It is said that many Canadian politicians consider it an honour if Donato pillories them. On 6 December 1522, Portuguese prisoners were exposed to the public in pillories in Guangzhou. Finger pillories often went by the name of "finger stocks". Stocks or pillories were similarly used for the punishment of men or women by humiliation. Pillories were often organised near the crime locations attributed to the accused. Pillories were also found at a number of other sites around the city. Pillories were set up to hold people in marketplaces, crossroads, and other public places.