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Located
at the northern foot of Mt. Lishan in Lindong County of Shaanxi
Province, 30 kilometers from Xi'an, Huaqing Hot Springs is a
state
place of interest as well as scenic spot.
According to the record, as early as the Dynasties
of Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui and Tang, temporary imperial abode was
constructed here. In the 6th year of Emperor Xuanzong's Reign
in the Tang Dynasty(747) it was expanded on a massive scale by
turning the hot springs into bathing pools, ringing the Mount
with palace buildings, which were to be protected by an outer
circular defensive wall and renamed it Huaqing Palace. As the
palace was built upon the hot springs, it was also called Hot
Spring Pools. In 756, it was reduced to ruins by the flames of
war. Most of the existing buildings were constructed in the Qing
Dynasty and after the liberation of China.
Huaqing Pools is fascinating for its exquisite
and picturesque scenery characterized by pink peach blossoms,
green willows, dense foliage, beautiful pavilions and terraces,
magnificent halls, rolling towers, winding corridors and long
verandas, Jiulong(Nine Dragons) Lake is crystal clear and mirrors
the pavilions and towers.
Huaqing Hot Springs was very famous and used
to be bathing site for imperial families during the Zhou, Qin,
Han, Sui and Tang Dynasties.
Lady Yang, the highest-ranking imperial concubine
was also rivileged To Bathe In Huaquing Pool In Time Of Freezing
Spring, And In Slick Hot Spring Water, Rinsed Her Soft Creamy
Skin as the poem goes. At the present, there are four springs
flowing out with a total capacity of over 110 tons of water per
hour at the constant temperature of 43 degrees centigrade, which
is good for bathing.
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