North Hot Spring

The scenic spot is located in Beibei District, adjacent to Jialing River in the north and Jinyun Mountain in the south. Wenquan temple, formerly known as Wenquan temple, was first built in 423, the first year of Jingping in the Southern Dynasty, and rebuilt in 1432, the seventh year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty. At the foot of the left rear side of Wenquan temple, there are cliff stone carvings of Song Dynasty, and 18 cliff Arhats carved in Xuanhe period of Song Dynasty.

In 1927, Lu Zuofu founded Jialingjiang hot spring park here, added hot spring swimming pool, bathroom, restaurant and other tourist facilities, and later renamed Chongqing North Hot Spring Park. There are 10 springs in the park. The hot spring water here is weakly alkaline sulfuric acid type mineral spring, which has certain curative effect on skin, joint, gastrointestinal and other diseases.

North Hot Spring

The predecessor of the North hot spring scenic spot is the hot spring temple, which was founded in 423 A.D. in the first year of Jingping of Liu Song Dynasty in the northern and Southern Dynasties. In the Ming Dynasty, it was rebuilt into one gate and three halls. In the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, it was rebuilt to form the existing pattern. In May 1927, under the initiative of the famous patriotic industrialist Mr. Lu Zuofu, celebrities from all walks of life in Bashu raised more than ten thousand oceans to build Jialingjiang hot spring park. Today, there are still stone tablets in the park, bearing in mind the names of those who benefited Sangzi in those years. After liberation, the people's government allocated funds for repair many times, and the scenic spot has been constantly updated. It has become a tourist attraction for Chinese and foreign tourists.

Development history

The Wentang gorge near Beibei is a precipitous gorge with warm springs, lush trees and secluded scenery. After the construction of Wenquan temple in the first year of Jingping (423 A.D.) of Liu Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty, there were a lot of tourists. The poet Sikong Tu of Tang Dynasty left his poems here. The Neo Confucianist of Northern Song Dynasty and Lianxi had visited the temple many times. Mengge of Yuan Xianzong led his troops to fight against the fishing city and collapsed in the temple. It's not a day to be praised as a scenic spot. However, since the Qing Dynasty, it has been declining day by day. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, bandits gathered in the gorge area, and the ancient hot spring temple was occupied by bandits. The wonderful Ruhua cave is a magic cave for bandits to kill and discard their corpses. When director Lu first arrived here, there were only a few broken temples in Wenquan temple. There were a lot of trees, weeds and even rice fields. The clear spring water is scattered among the desolate and gloomy stones and weeds. Director Lu scratched the warm and soft Tangquan with both hands, and an idea suddenly flashed into his mind. What a green mountain, what a green water, if only we could open a park here?

In May 1927, just two months after Lu Zuofu became the director of Beibei gorge defense, he decided to open a Jialing River Hot Spring Park in Wentang gorge. In early May, monk long Su, the abbot of the hot spring temple, rented the hot spring Temple site and its surrounding temple property as the base. With 40 yuan of public funds from the Xiafang Bureau as the fund, he personally led 30 staff and soldiers of the Xiafang bureau to live in the hot spring temple and work hard to build the park. Director Lu personally designed the garden layout and directed the construction of the project. He lived for more than three months. Every day, he opened up wasteland and prepared land, built roads and pools, planted flowers and trees, and built pavilions. "Along the ancient temple, those who are precipitous make it flat, and those who are low-lying promote it.". First of all, the pond was built to meet the current, which was called qianqingbo. Later, the pond was dug to build a pond, which was named ailianchi. Afterwards, the bandits in the gorge area converged, and the two squadron of the Standing Committee of the gorge defense Bureau was transferred to the park to participate in the construction.

Lu Zuofu created Beiquan Park, in addition to personally participate in the construction, the more important is to open up sources of funds, fund-raising construction funds. He advocated various warlords in Sichuan. After gaining their support, he ran around in their name to raise money. In a few years, we have to donate more than 30000 yuan. He also adopted different methods for different objects in fund-raising, and achieved great benefits. He found that Chen Shunong was willing to keep his name here, so he persuaded him to donate a huge sum of money to build a villa in the center of the garden, named "farmer". Zheng Dongqin only donated 200 yuan, but for the amount, he built a small and exquisite cottage, named "Qinlu". The warlord fan Shaozeng often went hunting in Jinyun Mountain. When he stayed in Beiquan, he liked to play cards and gamble with Jiangbei gentry. Lu Zuofu took the opportunity to mobilize them to donate the money they won to the park. The Shufan tower was built with this money. Wu Ruifu in Hechuan believed in God and called himself a philanthropist. Lu Zuofu called on him and urged him to donate money to renovate the hot spring temple. Wu was very happy. In addition to donating 100 yuan, he also raised several hundred yuan. In four months, he renovated the temple of Wenquan temple. The Buddha statues in the temple were also restored to their golden body, which was as brilliant as the original statue. In this way, after only two years, the park began to take shape. Pavilions and pavilions are scattered all over the world. Bathrooms and swimming pools have been built and opened one after another; hotels and restaurants have been completed and used one after another. Ruhua cave, langu, xiaogengling, Ailian pool, Xiyu pool and other tourist areas have been opened up. Four new courtyards, namely, Shufan building, farm and chime room, were built, and the monk houses on both sides of Guanyin hall were renovated, named Huahao building and Yishou building. Besides Ling Pavilion, Tingquan Pavilion and Piao Pavilion, changwan Pavilion, bainiao Pavilion and Feilai pavilion are also built in Houshan. Standing in Feilai Pavilion, you can have a distant view of the upper and lower gorge gates and overlook the whole landscape. Counting the sails of the river is enough to help us think. On the eve of the Anti Japanese War, Beiquan Park was known as "Beidaihe in Chongqing".

In the stele of mending Wenquan temple in the 17th year of the Republic of China: "Wenquan park has not existed since the beginning, so it can be built as a fu..." When Lu Zuofu founded Beiquan Park, it was initially named Jialingjiang hot spring park, and soon changed to hot spring park.

It is one of the first batch of national key scenic spots and national AAAA scenic spots, and won the title of China's best hot spring resort in 2005. Located at the foot of Jinyun Mountain in Beibei District of Chongqing, in Wentang gorge of Jialing River, covering an area of 160 hectares. 35 km away from Chongqing, Yuwu Expressway turns to national highway 212 to reach the scenic spot directly. Set mountains, water, forest, spring, gorge, cave, stone in one, exquisite and elegant, is a "bonsai" natural scenic spot. Its predecessor is Wenquan temple. It was founded in 423 A.D. in the first year of Jingping in the Southern Dynasty, with a history of nearly 1600 years. It is one of the earliest hot springs that are still in use in China and even in the world, so it is called "the hometown of hot springs in China". According to Hezhou annals of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, "in the first year of Kaiqing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1259 AD), mengge, Emperor Xianzong of the Yuan Dynasty, was shaken by artillery. The Ming and Qing Dynasties were the golden age of Wenquan temple. "The first spring" written by Zhang penghe, a Bachelor of literature Hall of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty, is engraved on the rock wall of Jialing River under Wenquan temple. In 1927, the famous patriotic industrialist Lu Zuofu founded Jialingjiang hot spring park, which is the earliest civilian Park in China. During the Anti Japanese War, Feng Yuxiang, Tao Xingzhi, Jiang Jieshi, Lin Sen, Zhou Enlai and his wife, who were important members of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, came here many times. After liberation, Zhu De, he long, Dong Biwu, Deng Xiaoping, Liu Bocheng, Chen Yi, Nie Rongzhen, Ye Jianying, Li Peng, Bush and other Chinese and foreign political figures all lived or had a rest here. Guo Moruo also wrote a poem here. In 1948, the board of directors of the park was abolished and the name of the park was changed to "Chongqing North Hot Spring Park". In October 1985, the park management organization was renamed as "Chongqing Beiquan Scenic Area Management Office" until today.

The scenic area is rich in landscape resources, including beautiful natural landscape and rich cultural landscape. Its "mountains and rivers, hot spring canyons, streams and waterfalls, ancient jungle temples and exotic flowers" show the secluded, dangerous, majestic and exotic features of Bashan and SHUSHUI. It is a shining green pearl embedded in the Jialing River. Due to the crustal movement, geological catastrophes and solution flow deposition, the unique geographical landscape of caves and canyons in Beiwenquan has been formed. Wentang gorge and Ruhua cave are the most representative scenic spots. The artesian hot spring water has been developed and utilized up to now.

natural environment

At the foot of Jinyun Mountain in Beibei, Chongqing, along the Wentang gorge of Jialing River, there is a shining pearl. It is the famous North Hot Spring in Chongqing. There are five hot springs in Chongqing. The North hot spring is the top of the five hot springs. It was known as "the first spring" in Qing Dynasty. North hot spring has four unique features: "yungen spring flows, gurgling and responding to the pines", which is one unique feature; quanliudian pool, "green algae in boiling water are uneven, red fish swim", which is two unique features; spring water has the highest calcium content in Chongqing hot spring, and contains trace elements and radon gas, which has good medical effect, which is three unique features; there are as many as 10 springs, with large spring flow, only sanjiaochi spring has a daily inflow of 3628 tons The water temperature is generally 37 ℃ and it is suitable for bathing and swimming in all seasons. The most wonderful is the "Huanchen" of the triangle pool. Because of the high terrain and large water flow, the hot spring forms a waterfall shower curtain with a height of 3 meters and a width of 10 meters. Tourists are exposed to the water curtain, and let the hot spring waterfall flush and moisten their skin, making them feel refreshing and pleasant. This kind of happiness is unique in Chongqing hot springs. Many young men and women wear swimsuits to take a shower and take photos here. It's like a lotus in the water and a dragon in the water.

The landscape of the North hot spring is famous for its compactness and elegance. Guansheng hall, reception hall, Great Buddha Hall and Guanyin hall are simple and quiet, surrounded by ancient fragrant garden, stone carving garden, fish playing pool, Ruhua cave, lotus pool, fish watching pool and other scenic spots, each with its own style; the paths are crisscross, strange rocks are scattered, warm springs are circling, pavilions are facing each other, just like a huge bonsai. One of the remarkable features of this "big bonsai" is that it is made of spring water. Around the hall, there are stone ditches and pools. The clear spring circulates in the ditch, and the clear water in the pool is soft and slippery, which adds a bit of delicacy to the scenic spot. The weather is a little cooler, the warm spring is steaming, and the fish are still swimming in the pool, which makes tourists marvel.

In recent years, the North hot spring has been transformed into a closed green space, with open gardens, a new Liucui garden, a banana garden, and a number of new scenic spots, such as Tangchi, LanChi, xingzhiqiao, Lianxi Pavilion, Taohuaxi, water cart, Wentang Shige, etc. These scenic spots also make full use of the advantages of hot springs to assist modeling. The scenic spots are close to the mountains and rocks, the terrain is uneven, and the spring is in the center

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