Chinanews client, Beijing, September 29th (Reporter Song Yusheng) Recently, archaeologists have excavated and cleaned the complex of the Tanghua Qing Palace and Chaoyuan Pavilion ruins.

Archaeological excavations have confirmed that it is the largest building complex in the Lishan Forbidden Garden of Huaqing Palace in Tang Dynasty, and it is the only Tang Dynasty high platform building site discovered so far.

　　What's the story of this building?

Is this the "Li Palace" in "Eternal Regret"?

Ruins of Chaoyuan Pavilion.

Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology

Enter the hot spring palace in Qingyun from above

　　The sky above the Li Palace is filled with blue clouds, and the fairy music is heard everywhere.

　　Sing and dance slowly and condense the silk and bamboo, and the emperor will not see enough.

　　This is the Li Palace portrayed by the poet Bai Juyi in the Tang Dynasty in "Eternal Regret."

Reading today, this palace looks like a fairyland-soaring into the clouds, with "Xianle" playing in it.

　　Many people will be curious, is the Li Palace in the Tang Dynasty really like this?

　　Huaqing Palace was built in the 18th year of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty (644 AD), and was named Tangquan Palace at that time.

In the second year of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty (671 AD), it was renamed Hot Spring Palace.

　　It can be seen from its early name that Li Palace is closely related to hot springs.

　　At the foot of Lishan Mountain, hot springs gushed out of the surface. Qin, Han, Northern Wei, Northern Zhou, and Sui successively built houses and built famous hot spring baths.

After entering the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong rebuilt Lishan Hot Spring into an imperial palace for the emperor to bathe.

　　For the fifth year of Tianbao (AD 746), Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty ordered Fang Guan to build the Lishan Forbidden Garden. The Huaqing Palace and the Tang Dynasty ushered in their heyday. The Chaoyuan Pavilion that was excavated this time was built at this time.

　　In fact, it wasn't until the sixth year of Emperor Xuanzong's Tianbao (747 AD) that this place was named Huaqing Palace, which means "the hot springs surge and swell, and Huaqing is evil and difficult to grow old".

At the same time, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang dynasty also made great efforts in this area, making it a large group of buildings that almost covered Lishan Mountain.

　　On the one hand, this imperial palace is dedicated to Lao Tzu, the ancestor of Taoism; on the other hand, it has the attributes of garden tour and is the best viewing spot on Lishan Mountain. Chaoyuan Pavilion overlooks the Huaqing Palace City and Lintong County.

Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei in the opera works.

Photo by Qian Ye

Tang Xuanzong and Concubine Yang Gui

　　Spring cold showers in Huaqing Pool, hot spring water slides and gels.

　　The waiter lifted Jiao's weakness, and it was Xincheng Enzeshi.

　　Nowadays, when people think of Huaqing Palace, they always think of the story of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty and Concubine Yang, which probably originated from this description in "Eternal Regret".

　　According to historical records, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang traveled to Huaqing Palace almost every October, returning to Chang'an at the end of the year.

　　According to statistics, during the 41 years from the second year of Kaiyuan (714 AD) to the 14th year of Tianbao (755 AD), Xuanzong visited Huaqing Palace 36 times.

His travels to the Huaqing Palace are often grand scenes, accompanied by hundreds of officials.

　　Huaqing Palace also became the most luxurious palace in the Tang Dynasty during that time.

The story of Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei took place here.

　　The Song Dynasty "Tang Yulin" records that in the Huaqing Palace of Lishan Mountain, in the Tianbao, the planted pines and cypresses are all over the rock valley, looking gloomy.

Chaoyuan Pavilion is above Beiling, the most outstanding.

The second south is the Hall of Longevity.

To the southeast of the hall, Tang Quanfan No.18.

　　Today, archaeologists have unearthed the Lotus Soup, Begonia Soup, Xingchen Soup, Prince Soup, Shangshi Soup and other sites in the Huaqing Palace site.

It is said that the Haitang soup is the bath soup given by Yang Fei.

　　In later literary works, Huaqing Palace was often associated with Tang Xuanzong, who had been in peace for a long time and neglected the government, and also carried the love story of Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei.

Tang Dynasty pan tile.

Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology

Huaqing Palace after Tang Xuanzong

　　Yu Yankong's dead place was not seen in the mud under Maweipo.

　　The monarchs and ministers looked at each other and put on their clothes, looking eastward and trusting the horse.

　　Since the Anshi Rebellion, the political situation in Datang has been turbulent.

　　At that time, Concubine Yang Gui, who was regarded as a "fashionable beauty", died at Maweipo, and Huaqing Palace gradually faded out of people's vision.

　　Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty has rarely traveled to Huaqing Palace.

　　Even, there are records showing that Tang Xianzong once wanted to travel to Huaqing Palace.

However, the ministers repeatedly blocked this place because of its close relationship with the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion.

　　In the second year of the Dali (767 AD), Yu Chaoen demolished the pavilions of the Huaqing Palace for Jianzhangjing Temple.

Since then, the Huaqing Palace has become increasingly dilapidated.

　　In the middle and late Tang Dynasty, few emperors visited the Huaqing Palace, and the Chaoyuan Pavilion gradually deteriorated. It was completely destroyed in the third year of Kaibao in the Northern Song Dynasty (970 AD) at the latest.

At that time, there was a documentary record that "the hall of the Tangsuo Hall, Ju is Maocao".

It can be seen that there is already a scene of wild grass.

　　Later dynasties have also been rebuilt on the original site, but their prosperity is far less than that of Tang Xuanzong.

Since then, it has gradually disappeared in history.

　　In the 1980s, the Lintong County Government discovered the Tangchi site of the Huaqing Palace in Tang Dynasty when it was building the "Royal Concubine Pavilion."

After years of excavation and cleaning, the Huaqing Palace, which was at its peak in the Tang Dynasty, gradually reappeared in front of the world.

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　　Reference materials: "Geographical Features of the Chang'an City Scenic Spot in the Tang Dynasty", "The First Phase Excavation Bulletin of the Tangchi Site of Huaqing Palace in Tang Dynasty", "The Rise and Fall of Huaqing Palace in Tang Dynasty"