Ancient trees reach for the sky, hot springs gurgle, and every brick and tile tells of the glory of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
The unchanging hot spring resources, the historical allusions of 'playing with fire to amuse the feudal lords', the love story of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and Yang Guifei, and the site of the "Xi'an Incident".
Known as one of China's Four Great Royal Gardens, along with the Summer Palace, Old Summer Palace, and Chengde Mountain Resort.
Huaqing Palace, later also known as “Huaqing Hot Springs”, includes the original Lishan National Forest Park and is known as one of China’s Four Great Royal Gardens, along with the Summer Palace, Old Summer Palace, and Chengde Mountain Resort. Huaqing Palace was a detached palace where feudal emperors of the Tang Dynasty enjoyed their excursions. It is located in Lintong District, Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province, with Mount Li to its south and the Wei River to its north, adjacent to the Terracotta Army, known as the “Eighth Wonder of the World”.
Emperors of various dynasties, including Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui, and Tang, built detached palaces and villas here. It is renowned both at home and abroad for its unchanging hot spring resources, the historical allusions of ‘playing with fire to amuse the feudal lords’, the love story of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and Yang Guifei, and as the site of the “Xi’an Incident”, becoming a landmark scenic area for Chinese Tang Palace culture tourism.
Huaqing Palace concentrates cultural areas such as the Tang Imperial Hot Spring Site Museum, the Xi’an Incident Site – Wujian Hall, Jiulong Lake and Furong Lake Scenic Area, and the Tang Pear Garden Site Museum, as well as iconic building complexes like Feishuang Hall, Wanshou Hall, Changsheng Hall, Huanyuan, and Yuwang Hall. Mount Li, with an elevation of 1302 meters, is dotted with attractions such as Laomu Hall, Laojun Hall, Beacon Tower, Bingjian Pavilion, Shiwen Temple, and Yuxian Bridge. “Lishan Evening Glow” is one of the famous “Eight Scenic Spots of Guanzhong”.
