华清池是因杨贵妃而闻名的，但它早已存在。我们马上就要到了。

华清池位于西安城东约35千米处。据史书记载，华清池有过4次大的建设。第一次是在距今3 000年前的西周时，当时周王曾在此修筑行宫，被称作“骊宫”；秦始皇时砌石筑池，取名“骊山汤”；唐太宗李世民曾在这里修建“温泉宫”；公元747年，唐玄宗命环山筑宫，宫周建城，改名“华清宫”。因宫建在汤池上，又名“华清池”。

唐代的华清池毁于“安史之乱”。现在的华清池只是当时华清宫的一小部分。今天我们看到的华清池，是在清代重建的基础上不断整修扩建而成的，占地面积为85 560平方米。

华清池作为著名的旅游景点，内部有九龙池、莲花汤、飞霜殿等历史古迹和建筑。

那么我们先去飞霜殿体验一下吧。

Huaqing Pool is known for a famous imperial concubine，Yang Yuhuan.However，it existed a long time ago.We will arrive there soon.

Huaqing Pool is located about 35 kilometers east of the City of Xi'an.Huaqing Pool has undergone four periods of construction.The first can be dated back to the Western Zhou Dynasty over 3 000 years ago.At that time the King of Zhou had built his temporary palace here，naming it Ligong in Chinese or the Palace at Lishan Mountain.During the Qin Dynasty，a stone pool was built and it was given the name Lishan Hot Spring.The site was enlarged into a bigger palace during the Tang Dynasty，and was renamed Hot Spring Palace by Emperor Taizong，Li Shimin.Emperor Xuanzong had a walled palace built around Lishan Mountain in the year 747 AD.It was known as Huaqing Pa－lace.It also had the name Huaqing Pool because of its location over the hot spring.

Huaqing Pool was destroyed during the An Lushan and Shi Siming Rebellion at the later period of the Tang Dynasty.The present－day site is only a small part of the orginal Huaqing Palace.The Huaqing Pool which we see today was rebuilt on the site of the Qing Dynasty structure.The palace covers an area of 85，560 square meters.

As a famous scenic spot，Huaqing Pool contains many historic sites and buildings，such as the Jiulong Pool，the Lianhua Hot Spring and the Feishuang Hall.

Let's have a look at the Feishuang Hall first.