During the early Song Dynasty, the Qian royal family were treated as second only to the ruling Zhao imperial family, as reflected in the "Hundred Family Surnames". Subsequently, many shrines were erected across the Wuyue region where the kings of Wuyue were memorialised, and sometimes, worshipped as dictating weather and agriculture. Many of these shrines, known as "Shrine of the Qian King" or "Temple to the Qian King", remain today, the most popularly visited example being that near West Lake in Hangzhou.