By the Northern Song Dynasty, the Liang Zhu story was already very popular. There were seven places around the country that were said to be the "Liang Zhu Burial Place" including Ningbo in Zhejiang, Jiangdu in Jiangsu, Jiaxiang in Shandong, Shucheng in Anhui and Qing Shui in Gansu. However, the only place that had real historical evidence was in Gaqiao Township in Ningbo.