Baishaquan

Baishaquan

Baisha spring is located in the east of Baisha street, South District, Changsha City, Hunan Province. It is one of the important places of interest in Changsha, known as "the first spring of Changsha" for its "clean, transparent, and inexhaustible". have won fame both at home and abroad. At the beginning of the spring, there was a well, and the water came out quickly. It was divided into two wells in the late Ming Dynasty, and four wells since the Qing Dynasty. The well is surrounded by a stone terrace and guardrail, and is engraved with "Baisha ancient well".

The spring water comes from the ancient river bed of Houzishi, Huilongshan and Chenjiashan in the south of the city, and the aquifer is a typical "baishajing" formation. The spring water is transparent, cool in summer and warm in winter, and the water temperature is 16 ℃? At 20 ℃, the amount of water is stable. Ji Zhi said, "the sun never stops.". Tea is fragrant and clean.

Baisha spring was praised by literati of all dynasties. Xie Huilian, a poet of Jin Dynasty (397 AD)? In 433, there was "drinking alcohol from Hunan and Wu", and Du Fu, the great poet of Tang Dynasty (712 ad? 433 AD)? 770) has "night drunk Changsha wine, Xiao Xing Xiangshui spring", Mao Zedong (AD 1893? In 1976, there were some poems praising Baisha spring, such as "drinking Changsha water and eating Wuchang fish", which made it famous all over the world.

Baisha spring water is mostly for the public to drink. In the past, famous teahouses such as Tianxin Pavilion and jianrenlou used to attract customers with famous tea of sand and water. Nowadays, local residents still drink Baisha spring water, and the "Baisha liquid" wine brewed directly from the spring water is famous at home and abroad.

Address: near Ziyun Cave, qixialing (near Jingu cave)

Longitude: 120.140152

Latitude: 30.261002

Tel: 0571-87993941

Chinese PinYin : Bai Sha Quan