huǒ dé xīng jūn
禪林佛殿,掛南方火德星君之牌。每月四日十八日諷經。火德星君為炎帝神農氏之靈,祀之為火神。以禳火災也。見象器箋四。
The ruler over the fire-star, Mars, whose tablet hangs in the south side of a temple and whose days of worship, to prevent conflagrations, are the fourth and eighteenth of each moon; he is identified with the ancient emperor 炎帝 Yen Ti.
spirit of the planet Mars
一火德星君 禳除火災之火神名。五行之中,以南方配於火,將之神格化,而混同對炎帝神農氏之祀拜,原屬道教之信仰。自宋朝以降,叢林佛殿之本尊前,掛有「南方火德星君神」之牌,每月四日、十八日修火德諷經,以祈伽藍安穩,消除火災,為叢林六諷經之一。〔禪林象器箋靈像門〕p1961