Yellow Mountains China - Hot Springs Scenic Area

Fred Huang -- Wed 23, 2013, 9:00 pm

The nationally famous hot springs of the Yellow Mountain were tapped more than a thousand years ago. Gushing forth from the foot of Purple Cloud Peak, the spings have never run dry in severe drought or overflowed under torrential rainfall. The high temperature waters have long been heralded for their therapeutic effects in treating metabolic, digestive, nervous, cardiovascular and motorial system disorders. Its clear waters remain at 42℃all year round and can be used for drinking and bathing, for whose purpose baths and swimming pools have been built.

Huangshan Hot SpringS, which, during their long history have also been called: "Ling Spring", "Tang Spring", and "Vermilion Spring", are celebrated for their natural, fresh clean water. MT.Huangshans is the watershed of the Yangtze and Qiantang Rivers. This geographical positioning is responsible for the cultivation and development of the 36 large canyons. Huangshan is also famous for waterfalls, such as: "Inverted V Falls (Renzi Falls)", the "Hundred Feet Waterfall", and the "Nine Dragons Waterfall".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Located at 630 meters above sea level, the Hot Spring has a large tourist complex, including the Yellow Mountain Guest house, Taoyuan Hotel, Xuanyuan Hotel, the Hot Spring Bath, the Hot Spring Swimming Pool, a Postal and Telecommunications Building, as well as various villas and shops. The scenic area straddles the Peach Blossom Brook that flows between Purple Cloud Peak and Peach Blossom Peak. Across the brook are the Purple Cloud Bridge, the Scenery Watching

Bridge, the Famous Spring Bridge and the White Dragon Bridge. Scattered around are the Fish Watching Pavilion, Falls Watching Pavilion, Peach Blossom Land Pavilion, and the Falls Watching Tower. Here one can watch Hundred Feet Spring and Inverted V Falls as well as Celestial Capital Peak, Lotus Peak, Cinnabar Peak, Purple Cloud Peak and Purple Rock Peak. Going up along the brook, one will see such scenic spots as Roaring Lion Rock, Dragon Head Rock, Tiger Head Rock, the Red Well, Intoxicated Rock, Sword Testing Rock as well as Green Dragon Pool, White Dragon Pool, Three Folding Spring and Ringing String Spring.

Upon departing from hot springs, visitors can either make the arduous ascent further up into the mountains, or take the less strenuous route back down from the hot springs.


Share to