1、Museum of Royal Bath Pool Sites in the HuaQing PalaceuThis site was discovered in April 1982.uThe museum was built and opened to public in September 1990.uSignificance: they are the only group of royal bath pool sites for the moment in China, being invaluable in-kind materials for the study of count

2、rys history of ancient-times bath and royal hierarchical system.Museum of Royal Bath Pool Sites in the HuaQing PalaceCrabapple PoolCrabapple PoolBuilt in 747 for lady Yang, the favorite concubine of Emperor Xuan Zong.A precious gift.Concubines Pool3.6meters long, 2.9meters wide24 pieces of black jad

3、esTwo layersWater inlet, a white marble sculpture of a lotus base was connected with lotus sprayer by a ceramic pipe. “春寒賜浴華清池，溫泉水滑洗凝脂。侍兒扶起嬌無春寒賜浴華清池，溫泉水滑洗凝脂。侍兒扶起嬌無力，始是新承恩澤時(shí)力，始是新承恩澤時(shí)” -白居易白居易長恨歌長恨歌Lady Yang enjoyed not only the earliest shower in the world, but also the flower bath and fragrant hot s

4、pring bath.Hair Airing Pavilion 晾發(fā)臺Lotus Lotus Flower Flower PoolPoolBuilt in 747 747 exclusively for Emperor Xuan Zong of Tang DynastySix times Six times large as crabapple pool38 38 pieces of black jades10.2 meters long, contain 100 cubic meters waterThe Imperial Nine-Dragon Bathing Palace蓮花湯蓮花湯 蓮

5、花池有兩個進(jìn)水孔，并安有雙蓮花座，比貴妃池多一個。還有一個不同的是池岸周圍有雙排石礎(chǔ)，這些雙孔、雙座、雙排應(yīng)該是有并蒂蓮的寓意，正應(yīng)了唐玄宗和楊貴妃“在天愿作比翼鳥，在地愿為連理枝”的誓言。The star pool was built in 644 A.D. It was called Imperial pool御湯 in the beginning, its also the largest Imperial pool in our country .It was specially constructed for emperor Tang Taizong. The south of th

6、e pool is steep while the north of the pool is relatively level (flat), which was inferred as the fact that this kind of structure is just an imitation of mountains and rivers in natural world. Besides, there were no coverings or shelters above or around the pool. In that case, bathing in the pool a

7、t night, the emperor could see the star in the sky. So, the hot pool was called the star pool. There is another saying, this kind of structure just reflects the relation and balance between imperial power and god as well as nature. Emperor Tang Taizong hoped god and nature to bless and protect his i

8、mperial court and his ruling. So ,at last, he changed the name of the wain北斗七星-like pool to the star pool. Whats more, the location of the Star Pool is perfect, because it is closest to Li hot spring. The headwaters of the hot spring can naturally afflux( flow) into the star pool. Under this circums

9、tance, people can have a surfing bath, which is really very popular in modern times. The Shang Shi Pool is relatively small and looks very common. Obviously, the position of the bathers in this pool was lower. It is said that the pool was designed for those ministers who always accompanied the emper

10、or. Seeing from the whole structure, we find that there were steps respectively to the pool in the eastern, southern and northern sides; and it didnt have any fixed or special sitting position, which implies that although it is not quite large, there were many people bathing in the pool in the past,

11、 and the frequency of utilization( use) was high and the position of the bathers was complicated. Besides, we find that it has a special stone partition石隔墻 and some small pittings百坑 . It was inferred that the pittings were used for foot massage, and the stone partition was used to distinguish differ

12、ent people from different positions. The bathers from higher position were in the higher place while the people lower position in lower place to bath. The Crown Prince Pool, just as its name implies, was the pool for the crown princes. In history, there were 10 princes once bathing in the pool altog

13、ether, among which only 4 princes became emperor. The Crown Prince Pool used the drainage pipeline of the Star Pool to drain off and drain into water, which shows the Superior and inferior relationship between emperor and crown prince. In consideration of the serious damage of this pool, the Crown Prince Pool was just shown in an outdoor form. There were 3 sources of hot spring. And the quantity of flow reaches up to 1