Huaqing Hot Spring Pool
Huaqing Hot Spring Pool, the royal bathing resort for Concubine Yang of the Tang Dynasty, situated at the bottom of Lishan Hills. It is a well-known scenic spot and the location of hot springs.
Being a villa palace and resort for emperors and kings in anceint times, it has a history of more than 3000 years. As early as the Western Zhou period, King Zhouyou had Lizhan Palace constructed here. Qin Shihuang built a stone pool named "Fairys Spring ".Both the Han Emperor Wudi and Sui Emperor Wendi enlarged it. During the Tang Dynasty, the Emperor Xuanzong ordered large-scale construction by transforming
spring wells into pools housed in walled palaces. These were called the "Huaqing Palace "and "the spring pool". The Tang Emperor Xuanzong and his concubine Lady Yang often came here for pleasure. In the earth-shaking "Xian Incident" which took place in Dec. 1936 the patriotic generals Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng captured the KMT head, Jiang Jieshi here.
Apart from some well-preserved historical buildings in the Huaqing pool, there are also some magnificent newly built halls and pools such as "the Nine Dragon pool "and "Chenxiang Hall".