The Xingqing Palace Park is situated on the eastern outskirts of the ancient city of Xi'an. It was built on the former site of the Xingqing Palace of the Tang Dynasty.

The park now covers a total area of 50 hectares. The dark blue ripple in the lake, the ground is tastefully decorated with verdant trees, blooming flowers and carpets of green lawns. The scenery in the park looks quite elegant and delightful. All the buildings such as Chenxiang Pavilion, the Flower Shedding Brilliance Gallery, Nanxun Hall, Dragon-trying and Changqing Hall were reconstructed on their original sites in the architectural style of the Tang Dynasty, and their old names are still used. In order to promote the Sino-Japanese friendship, a monument, in memory of a Japanese friend, Chao Heng, his Chinese name, was erected several years ago.

Xingqing Lake is located in the centre of the park. It is the primary scenery in the park and covers an area of ten hectares. it was equal to nearly 1/5 of the total area of the whole park. Emperor Xuan Zong used to go boating, sightseeing and feasting together with his concubines and officials here on the lake.

It is said that Chexiang Pavilion was built with eagle-woods; hence its name. Around the pavilion, there are varieties of precious flowers, such as tree and herbaceous peonies. The Government Administration Building is situated in the southwest corner of Xinqing Palace. Emperor Xuan Zong named it "the GFovernment Administration Building" just to indicate that he would be industrious in state affairs, and be concerned about the joys and sorrows of the people. But later it became the place For Emperor Xuan Zong to hold parties and give banquets. The Flower Shedding Brilliance Gallery was one of the main structure of Xingqing Palace. Emperor Xuan Zong gained his imperial crown by staging a palace coup. To keep his brothers from doing the same thing, he had this building built in Xingqing Palace. He gace it the name "the Flower Shedding Brilliance Gallery", so ti would serve as a metaphor to indicate that brothers ought to be dear to each other, and help each other, like the shedding of brilliance between flowers and calyxes.

Emperor Xuan Zong began to administer state affairs here in 728 A.D., and the palace consequently became the centre of feudal dominations in the Tang Dynasty. Emperor Xuan Zong once granted an interview to Persian Nestorian Priests and Japanese friends at Xingqing Palace.