In the system of folk religion, Cheng Huang is the generic term for a local administrator and judicial office similar to a provincial chairman or mayor in the mundane world.
在民間信仰體系中，城隍並非某一特定神明的名諱，而是一種統理地方行政、司法的「職位」統稱，就如人世間的省主席、縣長、市長一般。