Origins of Door Gods
Qin Qiong (also known as Qin Shubao) has pale skin and usually carries swords; Yuchi Gong (also known as Yuchi Jingde) has dark skin and usually carries batons.
Qin and Yuchi, in a Tang dynasty legend, were told by the emperor to guard the door because of a ghost harassing him, thus resulting in sleepless nights. When Qin and Yuchi were called, they guarded the emperor's door. Thus, the emperor had a blissful sleep. The next day, the emperor, not wanting to trouble his two generals, called on men to hang portraits of the two men on either side of his door.
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