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The Huaqing Hot Springs is located about 35 kilometers east of Xi'an city at the foot of the Lishan Mountain. For centuries emperors had come here to bathe and enjoy the scenic beauty. The Huaqing Hot Spring is a famous scenic hot spring China tour operator spot of Xi'an with a history of more than 3000 years and was used by ancient emperors as their imperial villa and excursion centre. Huaqing Hot Spring is famed for both its dainty spring scenery and the romantic love story of Emperor Xuanzong (685-762) and his concubine Yang Guifei in the Tang Dynasty (618-907).
It is said that King You built a palace here during the Western Zhou Dynasty (1045 BC – 256 BC) and named it Li Palace after the Li Mountain, a branch ofQinlingRange. In the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC), a Stone Pool was built and was given the name Li Mountain Hot Spring (because of the hot spring there). This site was enlarged into a bigger palace on the site of the Stone Pool during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) then name Li Palace.More China tour guide on Chinatour.com : Beijing tour | Beijing travel
King Youwang of the Zhou Dynasty built the Lishan Palace here. Emperor QinsHihuang built a house and a pool of stone and named them the ”Goddess Hot Springs”. Emperor Wendi of the Sui Dynasty expanded the facilities. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty transformed the hot spring wells into pools which were enclosed in the palace rooms, so they are known as the Huaqing Palace or the Huaqing Pools where Emperor Xuanzong and his concubine Yang amused themselves. From then on, “the Nine Dragons Hot Springs” ”the Chenxiang Hall”, etc. have been additionally built. In the Xi'an Incident in December, 1936, patriotic generals Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng arrested Chiang Kai—shek here.
The first Emperor, Tai Zong from Tang Dynasty (618-907) ordered to enlarge the palace. Then the emperor China travel service Xuanzong built walled palace around Li Mountain in 747 then the name changed toHuaqingPalacethen to Huaqing Hot Spring because of the Hot spring at the site. The Tang Dynasty (618-907) Emperor Xuanzong used to spend his winter time in Huaqing Hot Spring with his favourite concubine Yangguifei.
