Lu Ban was a Chinese carpenter, engineer, philosopher, inventor, military thinker, statesman who lived during the Spring and Autumn period of China.

According to folk legend, he was born with a huge flock of cranes spiralling above his home and his room full of a special fragrance.

In 1949, an office of Kwong Yuet Tong and Hong Wah Secondary School were built on the vacant land next to the Temple.

[citation needed] Lo Pan Temple is known for its diverse murals filled with traditional Chinese Cultural style depicting different people, insects, animals, flowers and landscapes such as butterflies and narcissi (蝴蝶水仙圖), rowing a boat (張騫泛槎圖), Chibi night map (夜遊赤壁圖), visiting friends (訪友圖), ladies next to the rock (倚石仕女圖), etc.

For example, inside the Temple, there is a clay sculpture of one famous Chinese mythology "Historical Romance"(封神演義) on the left wall.

It records the purpose of the temple's construction—to commemorate Lo Pan as the god of Chinese Architecture and to remind descendants to think of the origin.

[citation needed] On the two sides of the main door, there are engravings of Chinese poems which praise the contribution of Lo Pan in Architecture and wish his spirit can last forever.