Bathing in Hot Springs, Enjoying the Joy of Winter Health and Wellness

In the cold winter, soaking in hot springs has become the first choice for health tourism. The Shanxi Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism recently released the "Top Ten Hot Spring Health and Wellness Places" route recommendation, inviting tourists to bathe in hot springs, wash away fatigue, and experience the charm of Shanxi's winter characteristic health and wellness products.

Datong Shenquan Ancient Domain Hot Spring

There is a "volcanic hot spring" in Datong - the Shenquan Ancient Domain volcanic hot spring. The 83 hot spring bathing pool inside and outside have their own characteristics. The red wine pool hidden under the peach tree is most popular with young girls. When bathing in the bathing pool, you can see the romantic and beautiful peach blossoms falling one by one. The soaking pool hidden in the tropical rainforest is as intoxicating as a paradise. The building shape in the volcanic lava bubble pool is like a volcano. The stones in bathing pool are from the volcanic rocks of the Datong volcanic group, which is very special.

Xinzhou Yunzhonghe Hot Spring Group

(Yunzhonghe, Qicun, Duncun, Beihesuo)

The banks of the Yunzhong River are rich in hot spring geothermal resources. Since the 1970s, Xinfu District has developed hot spring geothermal resources. Over the decades, Qicun Hot Spring and Duncun Resort have respectively won the titles of "the first spring in North China" and "the first village in the Three Jin Dynasties". The water temperature here is as high as 50 to 80 degrees Celsius, rich in various minerals, with a particularly high fluoride content. It has the effects of antioxidation, anti-aging, and enhancing the human immune system. It is a fluorine mineral hot spring, also known as a "sapphire spring".

Jinzhong Yuelongzhuang Hot Spring

The Yuelong Zhuang Hot Spring Resort Hotel is built in a new Chinese style, incorporating the essence of Ming style and Jin merchant culture, supplemented by distinctive decorative decorations, tracing the inheritance of the historical and cultural heritage of the Three Jin Dynasties, and integrating its unique cultural heritage into green garden landscape architecture. The hot spring is divided into indoor and outdoor parts, and each soaking pool is connected by a landscape corridor, courtyards, pavilions, flowers, plants, and trees, creating a delightful atmosphere.

Lingshi Chongningbao Hot Spring

Chongningbao Hot Spring is located in Jingsheng Town, Lingshi County, Jinzhong City, and is a hot spring in a courtyard of Jin merchants. Soak in the antique bathing pool and look at the towering city walls around it. It seems that you have passed through the ancient times, and your body and mind are full of peace. The hot spring water comes from 1900 meters underground, with a water temperature of 50-53 ° C. The spring water contains 48 beneficial trace elements for the human body, along with various traditional Chinese medicine and flowers, bringing people a unique "soup soaking" experience.

Yangquan Dajiao Hot Spring

In the ancient village of Dahua in Yangquan City, Dahua Hot Spring is a major highlight. The spring water here is rich in ammonia and has high medical value. The outdoor landscape hot spring area here combines waterfalls, rockeries, streams, caves, cliff carvings, and unique hot spring pools, attracting attention. Tourists soak in the hot spring pool, gazing at the lush green mountains on all sides, listening to the murmurs of Wu in their ears, as if blending in with nature.

Changzhi Hushan Hot Springs

Hushan Hot Spring is located in Huangyadong Town, Licheng County, Changzhi City, and is a good hot spring in the Taihang Mountains. Here, in addition to 52 hot spring pools with diverse styles, visitors to the bow drawn area also have beautiful outdoor scenery that varies throughout the year, including green mountains in spring, yellow flowers in summer, red leaves in autumn, and white snow in winter. No matter when they come here, they can feel a close sense of belonging to nature.

Linfen Lotus Town Hot Springs

The hot springs in the scenic area originate from a depth of 2600 meters underground, with an outlet temperature of up to 62 degrees Celsius. The hot spring water supply is 1000 cubic meters per day, belonging to low concentration acidic sulfate hot springs. The hot spring water is rich in more than ten beneficial trace mineral elements for the human body, such as iron, sodium, calcium, fluorine, silicon, and silver. It is a precious medical mineral spring in China.

Yuncheng Fenglingdu Rich Strontium Hot Spring

Fenglingdu Hot Spring in Yuncheng City is a rare natural strontium rich hot spring. The strontium content is more than 10 times that of ordinary hot springs, and the outlet water temperature is 83 °. There are more than 30 outdoor bathing pool with different functions, such as fish therapy pools, five element pools, Bagua pools, and traditional Chinese medicine pools. There are more than 30 characteristic cave dwelling indoor hot springs bathing pool.

Xiaxian Tianmu Hot Spring

Xia County Hot Springs, first developed in 1974, have a temperature range of 38 ° C-52 ° C, a pH value of 8.0, stable water temperature and quantity, and are rich in the excellent beauty trace element "strontium". They belong to the category of weakly alkaline hot springs rich in strontium. As a unique mineral resource, Xia County hot springs are rich in minerals and have health, beauty, and healing effects. They are known as the "number one medicinal soup in China".

Yuncheng Salt Lake Black Mud Health Preservation

The Yuncheng Salt Lake Scenic Area has developed five unique health and wellness projects, including "hot spring hydrotherapy", "saltwater floating", "black mud health preservation", "mineral salt therapy", and "salt mist lung clearing", relying on unique black mud and large salt resources. This is a pure natural health paradise, a great place for leisure and vacation, a great place to explore Chinese salt culture, and a magical and surprising tourist destination.

The hot spring health journey in Shanxi is a process of dual nourishment of body and mind. From the ancient volcanic hot springs of Shenquan in Datong to the black mud health of Yuncheng Salt Lake, each place has its unique charm. Come to Shanxi this winter to experience the warmth of hot springs and the comfort of health preservation!

Source:CULTURE AND TOURISM DEPARTMENT OF SHANXI PROVINCE