| Native Name: | 甘泉宫 |
| Designation1 Free2value: | Accession number: 4-39 |
| Designation1 Free3value: | Category: Ancient ruin |
| Designation1 Date: | 1996 |
| Built: | Qin dynasty (221207BCE) |
The Ganquan Palace or Sweet Spring Palace was a Qin dynasty (221–207 BCE) imperial palace with later additions by Emperor Wu of Han in 138 BCE. It was a temporary imperial residence (离宫, lígōng) outside the capital, which was Xianyang for the Qin and Chang'an for the Han.[1] 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 (休屠, in modern-day Gansu), he "captured a golden (or gilded) man used by the King of Xiutu to worship Heaven".[2] The statues were later moved to the Yunyang 雲陽 Temple, near the royal summer Ganquan palace in the capital of Xianyang:[2]