Hot Springs in Wenquan Town, Ruzhou City, Henan Province

Known as "Ancient Soup" and "Hot Spring Divine Water", Ruzhou Hot Springs are exposed in the hot spring town of Ruzhou City, which is in the southeast and northwest direction and concentrated in three spring groups. It belongs to geothermal warming mineral spring, which is that surface water penetrates into the deep underground through surface faults and cracks, is heated by the heat flow inside the crust, and then rises and gushes along the structural fracture zone. According to historical records, Ruzhou Hot Spring was called Warm Soup in the early Western Han Dynasty. The Eastern Han Dynasty was the hunting ground of the emperor; The Sui Dynasty set up hot springs, also known as Wentangquan; Tang changed its name to Wentang, also known as Jie. In the sixth year of Jin Dynasty (A.D. 1 16 1), it was Wenquan Street. Wenquan Town is endowed with unique geothermal resources, with mineral spring gushing amount 1.400 tons/day, heat flow of 600 kcal/s and water temperature of 57℃-75℃, which has been praised by later generations for its high water temperature and large water inflow. It contains more than 50 kinds of trace elements and macro elements beneficial to human health, comparable to the world-famous Vichy Royal Mineral Water in France. It has high medicinal value and good health care function, and has good curative effect on general arthritis, dermatosis and gynecological diseases. It is a rare high-quality medical mineral water in China. According to historical records, Li Bai, Du Fu, Ouyang Xiu, Su Shi and Su Zhe all took a bath after san huang, the ninth emperor of Han and Tang Dynasties. Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, visited hot springs four times, and built the Cool Palace and the Moon Pavilion. Empress Wu Zetian also visited hot springs three times and built palaces, temples and inscriptions here. On one occasion, he led a group of ministers to write poems while drinking in the hot spring "Liu Beige". Shangguan Waner commented on A and B and compiled a collection of poems "Liu Beige's Poems", which was handed down as a romantic story. Modern famous poets He Jingzhi and Ke Yan, after bathing, were filled with emotion and happily wrote a famous sentence in Ge Ruzhou Hot Springs: Ruzhou Hot Springs are the best in the world, and there is a warm current in the heart of the earth. Spring water cures my half-life illness, and spring breeze relieves my worries. Published in People's Daily. Here, Lu Xu has built Henan Workers' Hot Spring Sanatorium, Ruzhou Third People's Hospital, Hot Spring Town Medical Hospital, Hot Spring Village Hot Spring Station and other medical and health care institutions. Over the years, central leaders, leaders of various provinces and cities, compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, overseas Chinese, international friends and local people have come to visit, bathe or recuperate. Hot springs have been a treasure trove of geomantic omen since ancient times, with unique natural scenery, especially the "hot spring dawn" in winter morning is one of the eight scenic spots in Ruzhou. Every morning, hot air containing radiation overflows and evaporates from the hot springs, like the first night of a spring rain or a fairy bathing wave, with beautiful scenery and full of interest. Zhang Zheng, a scholar in the Yuan Dynasty, wrote a poem praising "Early spring divides into late morning, and hot springs are smooth and warm, giving birth to muscles. * Except pine sandalwood, it seems that I went to take a shower. " One kilometer to the west of the hot spring, there is an ancient Guangchengze, which is the hunting place of emperors in past dynasties. Today, there is a Xianshan Reservoir, which is called Guangcheng Lake. The lake is vast and cruise ships shuttle, attracting many tourists. Hubei has Jiulong Mountain, Jinding Mountain, Luanjiashan and Kongtong Mountain. It is said that a fairy named Guang practiced here, and Emperor Xuanyuan went to Xiangguang Chengzi for advice. In addition, the geological structure of the hot spring scenic spot is peculiar: Archean, Proterozoic, Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic strata are all distributed, igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks and metamorphic rocks are fully exposed, and fault structures are fully developed, so it is a natural geological museum. "Hot spring water+natural scenery+historical sites" is a typical feature of hot spring scenic spots.