An elderly worshiper at the Kuan-tiTemple in Yokohama explained that the Cantonese are good merchants and they worship Kuan Kung because uprightness and fair dealing are important in doing business. What merchants look for most is wealth and prosperity, of course, and so Kuan Kung was transformed in time into a god of wealth.
橫濱關帝廟內膜拜的老輩表示，這是因為廣東商人多，做買賣講信義，所以拜關帝爺，生意人最大希望自然是生意興隆、財源滾滾，關帝廟也就搖身成為財神爺了。