King Wu Temple

King Wu Temple is a Major Cultural Relic Protection Unit of Henan Province, located three kilometers east of Huojia County seat. It derives its name from a historical event: before the decisive Battle of Muye during King Wu’s campaign against the tyrant Zhou, eight hundred feudal lords gathered here to erect an altar and swear their military oath.

Surviving architectural structures include the Front Gate, the Second Gate, the Worship Hall, the Grand Hall of King Wu, the Eastern and Western Corridors housing civil and military ministers, the Hall of King Wen, the Hall of Grand Duke Jiang, the Hall of the Holy Mother (Yi Jiang, consort of King Wen), and the Hall of the Duke of Zhou. Remaining relics also cover the Horse-Drinking Pool for feudal lords, the Alliance Direction-Steering Stone Stele, an ancient well, a pagoda tree planted in the Tang Dynasty, and stone steles inscribed through successive dynasties.

Additional historical sites on the premises consist of the Hall of the Duke of Shao, the Azure Firmament Palace, the Bell and Drum Towers, Grand Duke Jiang’s Military Review Platform, the Spot where Boyi and Shuqi stopped King Wu’s horse, the Alliance Archway, the Military Drill Archway, and an imperial road stretching 800 meters long.