The origin of Huozhou God of War Temple

According to legend, during Chenghua period of Ming Dynasty, the threshing floor of Li Quanzhuang in Huo County caught fire. In a family named Xun in the village, a teenage girl rescued several children in a raging fire, but was finally burned to death by the fire. Her story caused a sensation in the county. In the third year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty, Huozhou was known to have presided over the construction of Kunzi Temple and Notre Dame de Mars in the North Street of the county seat in recognition of his heroic deeds. Later, on the 27th day of the first month, the people of Huozhou came to hold a sacrificial ceremony for Notre Dame de Mars. Today, those primitive sacrificial activities have been completely preserved.

In the ancient city of Huozhou, the most lively day every year is not the fifteenth day of the first month, but the twenty-seventh day of the first month, because this day is the sacrifice of the Virgin at the local Mars temple fair. This kind of sacrificial activity is not held officially, but spontaneously by the people. What's even more amazing is that this activity has been held in Huozhou for more than 500 years. Today, it has already become the history and inheritance of Huozhou.

Mars Temple was built in Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty for three years (1467), with a history of nearly 550 years. According to historical records, except for the interruption of the Cultural Revolution, the sacrificial activities of the Virgin of Mars in the Mars Temple are held on the 27th day of the first month of each year, which has never stopped for hundreds of years. In the history of Huozhou, the incense of Mars Temple has never declined. Even in wartime, the sacrificial activities here are still held step by step. So what is the reason why this ritual activity lasted for more than 500 years? Who is the Virgin of Mars? "The story of the Virgin of Mars is a household name in Huozhou, and 3-year-old children know the legend of the Queen of Mars.