The whole family is going to Shaanxi. Do you have any recommended attractions?

You are the right person to ask this question. I happened to travel to Shaanxi some time ago and made a detailed guide. Personally, I think the most treasured attraction not to be missed when taking your family to Shaanxi is the Huaqing Palace. Now I will share my experience of visiting Huaqing Palace in detail. I hope it can help you. Huaqing Palace

Address: No. 38, North Huaqing Road, Lishan, Lintong District, Xi'an

Huaqing Palace is a famous palace in ancient times famous for its hot springs. It was a place where emperors of all dynasties took refuge from the cold. There are There are many bathing pools. From the emperor and prince to the concubines and ministers, the emperor has taken a bath here. The hot spring water here contains a variety of minerals and importantly does not contain sulfur. In particular, it is said to have good medical effects on certain diseases. It is especially recommended that you take your family to take a dip in Lishan Hot Spring, which is known as the best spring in the world.

1. Basic information Opening hours: 07:30-19:00 (latest admission 18:00) Ticket price: Adult ticket: 120 yuan/person. Child ticket: 60 yuan/person. Recommended play time: 2-3 hours Transportation route

① Subway Line 9 - Huaqingchi Station (Exit B), walk 2.0 kilometers to arrive.

②Get on the train at Xi'an North Station (entrance), take Metro Line 2 and get off at Beidajie Station; transfer to Metro Line 1 and get off at Textile City Station; transfer to Metro Line 9 and get off at Huaqingchi Station (Exit C ), it can be reached by walking 2.0 kilometers.

2. Recommended tour routes

(1) Enter through the west gate and pass by Quqiao, Changsheng Hall, Magpie Bridge, Jiulong Lake, Everlasting Regret Art Museum, Treasure Museum, Yutang Ruins, and Forest of Steles , Dichen Pool, Huanyuan, East Back Mountain, and finally ends at Bingjian Pavilion.

(2) Enter through the east gate and pass by Shanshui Tangyin, Jiulong Lake, Everlasting Regret Art Museum, Treasure Museum, Persimmon Tree, Pomegranate Tree, Dragon Bridge, Furong Lake, Quqiao, Changsheng Palace, Long Yin Pavilion , Yutang ruins, Yuwang Palace, Huanyuan, and finally ends at the east back gate and Bingjian Pavilion.

(3) Take the ropeway to the Laomu Palace, pass by the ruins of the Changsheng Palace, Wanzhao Pavilion, then to the Bingjian Pavilion, and finally walk down the mountain.

3. Features of Attractions

Huaqing Palace is one of the first batch of AAAAA-level tourist attractions in the country and a national key cultural relics protection unit. It is famous for its historical allusions to the beacon fire drama among the princes and the love story between Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty and Concubine Yang. , famous as the place where the Xi'an Incident occurred. The Huaqing Palace Scenic Area mainly consists of three parts: the main scenic area of ??Huaqing Palace based on the Tang Yutang site, the five rooms at the site of the Xi'an Incident, the Bingjian Pavilion and the Lishan Scenic Area. If you want to go to the beacon tower at the top of Lishan Mountain, you can take the ropeway to save energy. Square

The Hot Spring Inscription Square is an inscription with the theme of "The Hot Spring Inscription" written by Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. The Chunhan Bathing Plaza to the east of the Hot Spring Ming Plaza has the theme of "Bathing in the Huaqing Pool in the cold spring, and the hot spring water washes away the fat", recreating the beautiful scene of the imperial concubine taking a bath.

To the west of Wenquanming Square is Nishang Yuyi Square. The fan-shaped base carries a singing and dancing group with Yang Guifei as the core. The imperial concubine "Yang Yuhuan" dances solo on the high platform, "Tang Xuanzong" spreads his arms and plays the drums, and the maids accompany the music. Being in the middle of it is like dreaming back to the Tang Dynasty. Jiulong Lake

Jiulong Lake is divided into upper and lower lakes, with a long embankment (Jiulong Bridge) running east to west in the middle. There are eight dragons spitting water on the Kowloon Bridge, which together with the large dragon head under the Longyin Pavilion are the number of nine dragons, so it is named after Kowloon.

Jiulong Lake is also the place where the large-scale musical "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" is performed. The entire dance drama is 70 minutes long and consists of ten acts:

"A daughter in the Yang family has grown up", "Once chosen by the king's side", "When no one whispers in the middle of the night", "The gift of spring cold" "Bathing in the clear pool of Huahua", "Entering the blue clouds from the heights of Li Palace", "Drunk and spring after the banquet in the Jade Tower", "I heard the fairy music everywhere", "The fish and sun are stirring to the ground", "No one can take the flowers and flowers on the ground", " Heaven and earth will meet each other"... Tang Yutang Ruins

Although this place is a ruins, it is also an important part of the Huaqing Palace tour route. It is worth visiting the place where Yang Guifei bathed. The hot spring site was discovered in 1982. Five soup pools including Xingchen Tang, Haitang Tang, Lotus Tang, Prince Tang and Shangshi Tang were unearthed in Japan. It is the only royal hot spring ruins discovered in my country. The former site of the Xi'an Incident

The former site of the Xi'an Incident includes:

Zhang Xueliang's residence, headquarters, Yang Hucheng Zhiyuan Villa, Xijing Guest House, Huaqing Pool Five Rooms, Soldier Admonition Pavilion and other buildings.

Five of the halls and the Bingjian Pavilion are located in the Huaqing Palace Scenic Area. Wujianting is a five-room house. It was built in the late Qing Dynasty. Cixi lived here when she fled westward. It was also one of the places where the famous event "Xi'an Incident" took place in modern Chinese history. The bullet marks here are still clearly visible on the wall.

Tips

Nowadays tourists can only visit scenic spots within the scenic area. If you want to bathe in hot springs here, you must stay at a hot spring hotel in the scenic area. If you want to try hot springs here, you can stay at the hotel in Huaqing Palace, which provides natural Lishan Hot Spring for guests to enjoy.