The God of Kitchen (Zaoshen), commonly called "Gentleman Kitchen (Zaojun)", "Grandfather Kitchen (Zaoye)" or "King of Kitchen (Zaowangye)", is a God in charge of eating in China's ancient mythic legend.

Buddhism spread into China in the first century AD during China's Eastern Han Dynasty (25 AD - 220 AD). Favored by feudalist rulers, Buddhism gradually reached the height of its development from an exotic to a prevailing countrywide religion in Northern Wei Dynasty (386 - 534) .Most Buddhist temples follow the layout mentioned above and numbers of gates, halls and courtyards varies according to the size and scale of the temple.

The Chinese Dragon, which has got a more specific name "Loong" — a word created on the base of the pronunciation of its counterpart character in Chinese — is a deified animal worshipped by the Chinese people from the time immemorial. It is deeply rooted in Chinese culture, being generally regarded as benevolent, powerful, worshipful and lucky. The Chinese often consider themselves 'the descendants of the dragon.'

Being one of the best known Chinese historical figures throughout East Asia, Guan Yu's true life stories have largely given way to semi-fictional ones, mostly found in the historical novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" or passed down the generations as folklore, in which his deeds and moral qualities have been much emphasized.