Ganquan Palace
The Ganquan Palace or Sweet Spring Palace was a Qin dynasty imperial palace with later additions by Emperor Wu of Han in 138 BCE. It was a temporary imperial residence outside the capital, which was Xianyang for the Qin and Chang'an for the Han. Its ruins are located in Chunhua County, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China. It is a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level.
The Book of Han records that in 121 BCE when General Huo Qubing defeated the armies of the Xiongnu prince of Xiutu, he "captured a golden man used by the King of Xiutu to worship Heaven". The statues were later moved to the Yunyang 雲陽 Temple, near the royal summer Ganquan palace in the capital of Xianyang: