The earliest appearance of this wife is in the Sung dynasty and today the rear chamber of most Cheng Huang temples has an icon representing her. Because the inner rooms of some temples are too small and the subordinate spirits too many, the Cheng Huang's wife is sometimes moved out to the main hall next to the the Cheng Huang himself.
城隍夫人最早出現於宋朝，今天一般城隍廟後殿多配祀夫人神像；有的則因廟內空間太小、附祀神明太多，而將夫人由內室移到正殿，與城隍老爺一起辦公。