The Huaqing Pool is situated at the foot of Lishan Mountain in the south and borders on the Wei River in the north, almost 35 kilometers eastward from Xian City.
Being a villa palace and resort for emperors and kings in anceint times, it has a history of more than 3000 years. As early as the Western Zhou period, King Zhouyou had Lishan Palace constructed here. Qin Shihuang built a stone pool named 'Fairy's Spring'. Both the Han Emperor Widi and Sui Emperor Wendi enlarged it.
During the Tang Dynasty, the Emperor Xuanzong ordered large-scale construction by transforming spring wells into pools housed in walled palaces. These were called the 'Huaqing Palace' and 'the Spring pool'. The Tang Emperor Xuanzong and his concubine Lady Yang often came here for pleasure.
In the earth-shaking 'Xian Incident' which took place in Dec. 1936, the patriotic generals Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng captured the KMT head, Jiang Jieshi.
Apart from some well-preserved historical buildings in the Huaqing pool, there are also some magnificent newly built halls and pools such as 'the Nine Dragon pool' and 'Chenxiang Hall'.
The Huaqing Pool is situated at the foot of Lishan Mountain in the south and borders on the Wei River in the north, almost 35 kilometers eastward from Xian City.