Huǒzhù

Huǒzhù is another recorded name for Huǒzhuó Fort, a stronghold of the Shuǐxī chiefs north of Qiánxī. Also called Zhuó City, it lay among the steep and defensible mountains of western Guizhou. During the rebellion of the Shuǐxī rulers against the Ming, the commander Wáng Sānshàn marched into Dàfāng in 1623. Shē Shèhuī and Ān Wèi burned their stronghold there and fled to Huǒzhuó. The fort thus offered refuge to the hereditary rulers when imperial armies entered the heart of their territory.