HuaqingPoolissituatedabout35kilometreseastofthecityofXi’an.Historically，theWesternZhoudynastysawtheconstructionoftheLiPalaceonthespot.IntheQindynastyapoolwasbuiltwithstones，andwasgiventhenameLishanTang.ThesitewasextendedintoapalaceintheHandynasty，andrenamedtheLiPalace.IntheTangdynasty，LiShiminorderedtoconstructtheHotSpringPalace，andEmperorXuanZonghadawalledpalacebuiltaroundLishanMountainintheyearof747.ItwasknownastheHuaqingPalace.ItalsohadthenameHuaqingPoolonaccountofitslocationonthehotsprings.
HuaqingPoolislocatedatthefootoftheLishanMountain，abranchrangeoftheQinlingRanges，andstands1，256metreshigh.Itiscoveredwithpinesandcypresses，lookingverymuchlikealikeadarkgreengallopinghorsefromalongdistance.SoithasthenameoftheLishanMountain.
