Línyóu

Linyou is set among the hills north of Fengxiang, where Sui and Tang emperors built a summer retreat away from the heat of the capital. Begun in 593 as Renshou Palace, it was renamed Jiucheng Palace under the Tang. Emperor Taizong visited the palace, and an inscription commemorated a sweet spring said to have appeared when he struck the ground with his staff. Written by Wei Zheng and calligraphed by Ouyang Xun, the stele became a celebrated model of regular script. Floods destroyed much of the palace in 836, but its inscriptions kept its memory alive.