When I visited again in 1999 there were many more temples and people were selling joss sticks and other buddhist paraphenalia. There was also a giant statue of Guan yin , one of the most important Buddhist deities. Traditional Chinese religion is a syncretic mixture of Buddhism, Daoist worship of various deities, and Confucian thought. I don't know who this deity on the right is. Notice the peach tree in the background.
Peaches are a symbol of long life.
BTW, most Chinese temples do not allow photographs inside. A monk in the Qianfoshan temple in Jinan, 2000. This is a simple countryside temple. Here we see portraits of two important Chinese deities, the Fire God and the Dragon King. Images from a Tibetan temple.