华清池御汤英文介绍资料.ppt

museum of royal bath pool sites in the huaqing palace,this site was discovered in april 1982. the museum was built and opened to public in september 1990. significance: they are the only group of royal bath pool sites for the moment in china, being invaluable in-kind materials for the study of countrys history of ancient-times bath and royal hierarchical system.,museum of royal bath pool sites in the huaqing palace,crabapple pool,built in 747 for lady yang, the favorite concubine of emperor xuan zong. a precious gift.,concubines pool,3.6meters long, 2.9meters wide,24 pieces of black jades two layers,water inlet, a white marble sculpture of a lotus base was connected with lotus sprayer by a ceramic pipe.,“春寒赐浴华清池，温泉水滑洗凝脂。侍儿扶起娇无力，始是新承恩泽时” -白居易长恨歌,lady yang enjoyed not only the earliest shower in the world, but also the flower bath and fragrant hot spring bath.,hair airing pavilion 晾发台,lotus flower pool,built in 747 exclusively for emperor xuan zong of tang dynasty six times large as crabapple pool 38 pieces of black jades 10.2 meters long, contain 100 cubic meters water,the imperial nine-dragon bathing palace,莲花汤,莲花池有两个进水孔，并安有双莲花座，比贵妃池多一个。还有一个不同的是池岸周围有双排石础，这些双孔、双座、双排应该是有并蒂莲的寓意，正应了唐玄宗和杨贵妃“在天愿作比翼鸟，在地愿为连理枝”的誓言。,星辰汤,the star pool was built in 644 a.d. it was called imperial pool御汤 in the beginning, its also the largest imperial pool in our country .it was specially constructed for emperor tang taizong.,the south of the 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 at 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 imperial 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 circumstance, 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 emperor.,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, 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石隔墙 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 different 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 altogether, 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 110 tons per hour; and the water tem