Lady Yang Guifei

Lady Yang Guifei

the chinese love story

Situated at the northern foot of Mt. Lishan in Lintong County, 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) from Xian City,
Huaqing Hot Spring is famed for both its dainty spring scenery and the romantic love story of Emperor Xuanzong (685-762)
and his concubine Yang Guifei in the Tang Dynasty (618-907).

The most romantic story that accompanies the history of the springs is that of the Chinese equivalent of Romeo and Juliet;
the story of the Emperor Xuan Zong and his concubine Yang Guifei .
Yang was a poor girl who the Emperor took a fancy to and promoted to the position of "lady".
The Empire was being threatened as the Emperor was distracted from his daily work due to Yang and the courtiers threatened to kill the concubine,
blaming her for the Emperor's mismanagement of his nation.
Desperate and madly in love, Yang hung herself to save the country and her lover's name.
The springs were renamed the Huaqing or "The Fair" springs, in honor of Yang Guifei's beauty.

China, Huaqing Hot Springs, October 2008