Huaqing Palace has become famous for the love story about Emperor
Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty and his imperial Concubine Yang. In the zone to
the east Huaqing Hot Spring there is a horizontal tablet with the
golden inscription “Huaqing Chi” (Huaqing Hot Spring) by Mr. Guo Moruo.
There are buildings such Lotus Pavilion, Rosy Cloud Pavilion and
Five-Room Hall and the tablet of Eulogy to the Hot Springs carved on the
stone cliff has been rated as the masterpiece among the treasured
Chinese tablets. The middle zone houses the museum of the imperial hot
springs of Huaqing Palace with the bathing pools named respectively as
Lotus, Crab Apple, Prince, Retinue and Constellation, and there is also a
room displaying the cultural relics. The west zone contains the
Nine-Dragon Bathing Pool, the Rosy Cloud Palace and the large mural
painting titled “Concubine Yang Yuhuan receives the imperial edict at
Huaqing Palace”.
Every night the show, the large-scale historical play of its kind in
China, titled Everlasting Regret is performed here with the real
mountain and water as background. And with reference to the original
location and appearance, the show vividly illustrates the love story
about Emperor Xuanzong and his imperial Concubine Yang.
Address: Huaqing Road, Lintong District, Xi’an, Shaanxi |
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