According to the Minghuang Zalu (Miscellaneous Records of Emperor Xuanzong), the emperor had four hundred specially trained horses in the stable of his palace, which danced in the Xingqing Palace on his birthday.
中興唐朝的唐玄宗也是一位愛馬者，根據《明皇雜錄》（唐玄宗雜史）的記載，唐明皇在他皇宮內的御馬房裡飼養了四百匹受專門訓練的馬，並讓這些馬在他生日時於興慶宮表演。