Yu was long regarded as an ideal ruler and kind of philosopher King by the ancient Chinese.
Beichuan, Wenchuan, and Dujiangyan in Sichuan have all made claims to be his birthplace.

Owing to his involvement in China's mythical Great Flood, Yu also came to be regarded as a water deity in Taoism and the Chinese folk religions.
He is the head of the "Five Kings of the Water Immortals" honored in shrines in Matsu temples as protectors of ships in transit.

His personal name eventually became a Chinese surname.
The name was a simplification of minor kingdom 鄅, in modern-day Shandong.
After its conquest by a larger state, its subjects adopted Yu as a surname.
Yu was long regarded as an ideal ruler and kind of philosopher King by the ancient Chinese. Beichuan, Wenchuan, and Dujiangyan in Sichuan have all made claims to be his birthplace.
Owing to his involvement in China's mythical Great Flood, Yu also came to be regarded as a water deity in Taoism and the Chinese folk religions. He is the head of the "Five Kings of the Water Immortals" honored in shrines in Matsu temples as protectors of ships in transit.
His personal name eventually became a Chinese surname. The name was a simplification of minor kingdom 鄅, in modern-day Shandong. After its conquest by a larger state, its subjects adopted Yu as a surname.
Yu the Great