Cai Shen is its Chinese name, and its English translation is the God of Wealth. Because this god is in charge of bringing wealth to ordinary citizens, it is widely worshipped by people across China. In the beginning this action was only practiced by merchants, and it became popular amongst other folks and villagers later.

Moreover, people of different times and regions worship their own God of Wealth differently, such as the Civil God of Wealth, the Martial God of Wealth, the Deities of Wealth of Five Directions and the Angel of Fortune, as well as the orthodox Zhao Gongming. The God of Wealth in folk beliefs is not a singular image but something that appears as a group.

The Civil God of Wealth or Caibo Xingjun usually refers to Bi Gan and Fan Li, whose statues and figure paintings are in the expression of civilian officials. There are also Martial God of Wealth - Zhao Gongming and Guan Yu in the look of a dark face and thick beards wearing an iron hat and coat armor. The Deities of Wealth of Five Directions are defined as the Marshal Zhao Gong, the Zhaobao (meaning invite treasure) Lord of Heaven Xiao Sheng, Nazhen (meaning collect treasures) Lord of Heaven Cao Bao, the Herald of Inviting Wealth Chen Jiugong, and Lishi (meaning lucky money) Immortal Officer Yao Shaosi together take over all wealth and treasure and bring luck and fortune to people. The Angel of Fortune often appears in the image of a boy holding a treasure plate or gold ingot and a Ruyi scepter serving the civil and martial gods of wealth, who are often visualized as the Lishi Immortal Officer, the Mammon Boy, Liu Haichan and the Gods of Harmony.