The Huaqing Pond is situated at the foot of Mount Li, almost 35 kilometers eastward from Xi'an City. As recorded, "Ligong" (Palace of Li) was ever built here in Xizhou. I
n 747 A.D., Tang Xuanzong ordered to build palace around the mountain, and to build cities around the palace. Huaqing Place was perished during "Anshizhiluan" (The Rebel of An Lushan and Shi Siming). In the Qing Dynasty, Huaqing Pond was rebuilt and based on that, today's Huaqing Pond appeared after constant construction, covering 85560 square meters. In 1982, the site of the bathes of the emperor of the Tang Dynasty in Huaqing Palace was found by accident, and among them there was "Haitang bath" (Haitang is the name of a flower), also called "Guifei Pond" (Guifei means the high-ranked imperial concubine) which Tang Xuanzong built for his favorite wife, Yang Yuhuan. On the Xixiu Mountain of Mount Li, the site of Fenghuotai (the platform for ignition to tell military intelligence) of Xizhou can be seen vaguely.
