Introduction to Huaqing Pool
Huaqing Pool is located at the northern foot of Lishan Mountain in Lintong District, Xi'an City. It was built on the former site of Huaqing Palace in the Tang Dynasty. It is adjacent to Lishan Mountain in the south, Weishui River in the north, and 30 kilometers away from Xi'an in the east.
Adhering to the geographical advantages of Gyeonggi Province, the beautiful scenery of Lishan Mountain and the naturally created natural hot springs, the emperors who established their capitals in Xi'an in the past dynasties were particularly fond of this geomantic treasure. According to historical records, King You of the Western Zhou Dynasty once built the "Li Palace" here. In the Qin Dynasty, he built a stone building and named it "Lishan Tang". Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty expanded it into the "Li Palace". It was built several times in the Tang Dynasty and was called "Tangquan Palace" and "Hot Spring Palace" successively. ". Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Longji, and his concubine Yang Yuhuan often bathed here. The famous poet Bai Juyi left a famous line in "Song of Everlasting Sorrow": "Bath in the Huaqing Pool in the cold spring, the hot spring water
smooth and wash away the fat." Huaqing Pool is famous for the romance between Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei. From AD 745 to AD 755, in the tenth month of the lunar calendar every year, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, together with his concubines, sisters and trusted ministers, would go to Huaqing Pool to "escape from the cold", and did not return to the capital Chang'an until late spring of the following year. After the "An-Shi Rebellion", although there were repair and revitalization efforts in the past dynasties, they failed to restore the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
Through ancient excavations in recent years, Liyuan ruins were discovered within the protection area of Huaqing Palace in the Tang Dynasty, and five royal soup pool ruins including "Lotus Tang" (imperial soup) and "Begonia Tang" (Guifei Pool) were cleared out and a large amount of building materials. At the same time, Neolithic pottery sherds with sand and mud were discovered under the Tang and Han cultural layers, providing precious physical evidence for studying the history of Huaqing Pool.
The beautiful and lush scenery of Lishan Mountain; the fragrant natural hot springs; the footprints of the original ancestors of "Jiang Village"; Nuwa refining stones to mend the sky to benefit the people
the merits of the emperor; the allusion of King You of Zhou holding beacon fire to play with the princes; the legend of Qin Shihuang meeting a goddess in the hot spring; the love affair between Emperor Ming of Tang and Concubine Yang; the rediscovery of the royal soup site of the Tang Dynasty; the pear garden reappears the glory of the Tang Dynasty with the clanging of yellow bells and the chiming of the great Lu; The literati of the past dynasties have recited the poems and songs of Huaqing; widely circulated anecdotes and anecdotes that are popular among the people; the unique natural landscape and cultural landscape constitute the rich tourism resources of Huaqing Pool.