Introduction of Huaqing Palace Tourist Attractions

Huaqingchi (also known as Huaqing Palace), located at the northern foot of Lishan Mountain in Lintong District, Xi City, is a national key cultural relic protection unit and a national 5A-level tourism demonstration scenic spot, which is famous at home and abroad for its 3000-year royal garden history and 6000-year hot spring utilization history.

Huaqingchi is 30 kilometers west of Xi, with Mount Li in the south and Weishui in the north. It is an ancient detached palace in China, famous for its hot spring Tang Chi. It is the official garden where the rulers of Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties enjoyed banquets, and it is also famous at home and abroad for the love story between Xuanzong and Yang Guifei in Tang Dynasty.

Tangyutang site

The full name of Tang Yutang Site is Tang Huaqing Palace Yutang Site Museum, which is one of the main scenic spots in Huaqingchi Scenic Area. The site was discovered in 1982. It is located in the north of Huaqing Pool, with its back against Mount Li and facing Huaqing Pool.

Here, people can enjoy the scenery of Huaqing Pool and bathe in the sunshine and purple hills.

At that time, archaeologists cleaned up five groups of sites in the Royal Tang Chi in the Tang Dynasty, including Star Soup, Lotus Soup, Begonia Soup, Prince Soup and Shangshi Soup. In addition, there are more than 3,000 pieces of building materials such as Tang Chi Temple Foundation, Stone Wall, Palace Column Foundation, Lotus Square Brick and Round Pottery Water Pipe, which is the only group of Royal Tang Chi found in China at present.

Entering the site area, it is the charming Haitang soup commonly known as "Guifei Pool". A square pyramid-shaped roof protection building was built here, which looks like the bell tower of Xi 'an. Begonia soup was built by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty for Yang Guifei in 747 AD. The wall of the pool is made of bluestone, which is a two-story desktop structure.

There is a feldspar in the pool dedicated to Yang Guifei's bath, which is engraved with the pattern of "Yang". Next to the Guifei Pool is Xuanzong Imperial Soup, also called Lotus Soup. There is a double lotus base, which means growing with the earth, two branches of a tree. She will always be a lotus flower.

nine dragon lake

Jiulong Lake is located in the west of Huaqing Pool. Entering from the middle gate of Huaqing Pool, the first thing you see is the crystal clear pool water. Jiulong Lake, built in 1959, covers an area of 5,300 square meters and is named after its nine faucets. Jiulong Bridge is located on the lake, which divides the lake into two lakes. There are modern fountain facilities in the upper lake and dragon boats in the lower lake.

There are eight stone faucets arranged on the Kowloon Bridge, and a huge faucet protrudes from the middle of the hidden wall in the lake. The faucet sings clear spring, water gurgles, and water gurgles. Legend has it that the Jade Emperor sent the Dragon King and his eight sons to rain here during the drought in Guanzhong that year. As a result, it rained a little more for fun, but it caused a flood. The jade emperor was furious and suppressed eight little dragons under the dragon embankment, and the dragon king sat on it to guard them.

The east bank of the lake is modeled as a stone embankment, and the stones are placed horizontally. The natural rocks are engraved with inscriptions such as "the scenery here is unique", "the mirror of Longhu" and "Huaqing Resort". The green grass and weeping willows around the lake have aroused the ripples on the lake, which is pleasing to the eye. On the shore of Hubei, there is a bathing statue of white marble Yang Guifei, which is slightly charming and graceful, holding a skirt, and the light steps are brushed on the water.

There are imitation Tang palaces and pavilions around the lake, such as Longshifang, Jiuqu Jiong Gallery, Chenxiang Hall, Feishuang Hall, Yichun Pavilion, Yichun Hall, Longyinxie, Chenxi Pavilion and Sunset Pavilion. Red columns stand upright, carved beams and painted buildings, and cypresses and pines set each other off. Pavilions and pavilions are reflected on the sparkling lake, and the scenery is beautiful and charming.

Tangliyuan Ruins Museum

Tang Liyuan Site was built in the 11th year of Kaiyuan (AD 723), which is the only Tang Liyuan unearthed in China, also known as Suijia Liyuan, and has now become the Tang Liyuan Site Museum. Liyuan Ruins Museum is the first special museum of Liyuan culture in China.

The museum consists of five parts: Xiaotang site, pear garden model, pear garden cultural relics, pear garden music and dance, and the originator of pear garden. Systematic display of 85 precious cultural relics and 15 music and dance murals unearthed from Liyuan site. At that time, Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei specially arranged, managed and taught the disciples of Liyuan to practice singing and dancing. Among them, Xiaotangchi is the place where the disciples of Liyuan bathe, and it has been well preserved so far.

Furong garden

Furong Garden is an important part of the five cultural scenic spots in Huaqingchi. With Furong Lake as the center, it is adjacent to Ximen Square of Huaqing Pool in the north, Changsheng Hall in the south, Jiuqu Corridor in the east and Tianbao Garden of Huaqing Yutang Hotel in the west. In addition to Furong Lake, the "Immortal Pavilion", the hot spring goddess pavilion, Debaolou, Lao Guo Pharmacy and Yu Mingxuan sworn by Xuanzong and Yang Guifei on Tanabata are all in Furong Garden Scenic Area.

Taking the love story of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and Yang Guifei as the theme, the Furong Garden was built in Huaqing Palace according to their deeds. There are all kinds of sketches and green plants expressing love culture in the park, which maintain the style of the palace of the Tang Dynasty, while Huaqingchi is full of relics of the Tang Dynasty, which complement each other.

Beihai Linshu

Shi Hailin Shu was built in 1985, carved by China calligraphers Liu Zidu, Shen Peng and Zhong Mingshan, and presented to Mo Bao. The contents of the inscriptions are mostly famous poems and sentences sung by Huaqingchi, written in lines, characters, official script, grass and seal script. There are also some historical sites and stone tablets carved by Japanese calligraphers with Mo Bao.

There are 7 historical sites, 6 poems 16, 7 stone carvings and 4 pairs of stone carvings, including Ode to Hot Springs and Wenquan Monument in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Ode to the Hot Springs Monument in the Northern Wei Dynasty was written by Chang Yuan, the secretariat of Yongzhou in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and was called the Glass Monument in the Tang Dynasty. It is the earliest data of Huaqing Pool. Ming Monument to Hot Springs was inscribed by Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, and a passage was written on the monument. The original plaque is missing. At present, the hot spring tablet on the platform in Yutang Ruins Museum is 1993, which was copied from the original rubbings.