As described in the long poem Song of Eternal Sorrow by Bai Juyi the famous Tang poet, /One cold spring day she was ordered /To bathe in the Huaqing Palace baths/The warm water slipped down /Her glistening jade-like body.

• 白居易“长恨歌”中说“春寒赐浴华清池，温泉水滑洗凝脂”，记的即是此事。