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the?Central?Shaanxi?Plain?was?once?stricken?by?a?severe?drought?in?the?very?remote?past.?Thus,?by?the?order?of?the?Jade?Emperor?(the?Supreme?Deity?of?Heaven),?an?old?dragon?came?at?the?head?of?eight?young?ones,?and?made?rain?here.?Yet?when?the?disaster?was?just?abating,?they?lowered?their?guard?so?much?that?it?became?serious?again.?In?a?fit?of?anger,?the?Jade?Emperor?kept?the?young?dragons?under?the?Jade?Cause?Way?(玉堤),?with?the?Morning?Glow?Pavilion?and?the?Sunset?Pavilion?built?at?both?ends?of?it?respectively,?to?make?the?young?dragons?spout?cleat?water?all?day?long?to?meet?the?needs?of?local?irrigation.?Besides,?he?had?the?old?dragon?confined?to?the?bottom?of?the?Roaring?Dragon?Waterside?Pavilion?situated?at?the?upper?end?of?the?Jade?Causeway,?and?obliged?him?to?exercise?control?over?the?young.? ????The?Nine-Bend?Corridor?west?of?the?Nine?Dragon?Pool?leads?directly?to?the?Marble?Boat,?which?resembles?a?dragon?boat?on?the?water?surface.?In?the?Marble?Boat?lies?the?Nine?Dragon?Tang?(the?Nine?Dragon?Hot?Spring?where?Emperor?Xuan?Zong?used?to?take?baths).?At?the?head?of?his?court?ladies?and?hundreds?of?his?officials,?he?would?come?to?the?Huanqing?Palace?to?spend?his?winter?days?in?October?of?the?Lunar?calendar?and?return?to?Chang’an?City?as?the?year?drew?to?its?close.?The?Nine?Dragon?Hot?Spring?was?originally?built?with?crystal?jade,?whose?surface?was?decorated?with?the?carvings?of?fish,?dragons,?birds?and?flowers.?In?it?twin?lotus?flowers?also?carved?with?white?jade?could?be?seen?as?well.?The?spring?water?welled?from?the?break?of?an?earthen?jar,?and?spouted?up?to?the?lotus?flowers.?Hence?the?name?Lotus?Flower?Tang?(the?Lotus?Flower?Hot?Spring).? ????The?Gui?Fei?Bathing?Pool?was?where?Yang?Gui?Fei,?Emperor?Xuan?Zong’s?favorite?lady,?used?to?take?bath.?It?was?originally?built?with?white?jade,?and?in?its?center?a?blooming?flower?spouted?water?like?a?spring.?The?pool?looked?very?much?like?a?Chinese?flowering?crabapple;?Hence?its?name?the?Chinese?Flowering?Crabapple?Hot