Many years ago in China there was a saying that has been carried on to this day that states; there is a massive amount of gods living on top Mount Taishan.Mount Taishan is known for its legends of many gods, and among all the gods, the most powerful one is called Taishan Shigandang. Taishan Shigandang is considered by all of his worshippers as a courageous and strong god, who protected the common people from demons and evil spirits. As far back as the time of the Tang and Song Dynasties, people would place stones inscribed with his name in front of their doors, at the end of alleys, and in other vulnerable places to protect them self against evil spirits. This custom spread throughout China like a tornado as well as too the countries and Islands close by in Southeast Asia.

There is another popular myth in Shandong Province. This story tells about a powerful warrior who lived and made a successful living contracting his services out to the local public as a demon exterminator. As part of his practice, this warrior would leave a stone plaque like a calling card for the evil sprits to see. The warrior was very good at his job, and soon word of his powers spread throughout China both in the sprit world and the real world. It is said and alleged that, when the evil spirits would see the warrior's name Shi Gan Dang& on the tablets they would flee before he came. Soon residents would simply place the tablets at the vulnerable points of their homes to protect them against all evil spirits.

If these people made up the name of these gods, or legendary demigod hero then, this is something to ponder about because;I find it very strange that the characters Shi written in kanji means ishi in Japanese, (which means stone or rock when translated in English); then Gan written in kanji is pronounced gan-kosu in Japanese and means to strike when translated in English, and last dang written in kanji is pronounce dang- tou in Japanese, when translated in English it means dare to