Nanlaoquan

Nanlaoquan

Nanlaoquan is one of the three wonders of Jinci. Nanlao spring comes from xuanwengshan fault rock. I don't know when it started. There is a record in Shanhaijing that "the water of xuanwengshan comes from Jinshui". The spring water is clear to the bottom and flows continuously. In the Northern Qi Dynasty, it was named "nanlaoquan" after the Jin sentence of "Yongxi is hard to get old" in the book of songs · Lu Song ". The source of Jinshui River is characterized by evergreen duckweed, which is as thick as jade and evergreen all the year round. Li Bai, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, once praised: "the flowing water of Jinci temple is like Jasper, and the water is like dragon scales, and the grass is green."

Basic introduction

The source of Jinshui is located in Jinci, with three springs. Yuzao spring and Shanli spring flow from time to time, while Nanlao spring flows continuously. The spring water gushes out from the rock about 5 meters underground, with an average flow of about 1.8 cubic meters per second. The annual water temperature is kept at 17 ℃, and the water is clear to the bottom. The name of the spring comes from the famous sentence of the book of Songs: "never tin, never old". Jinci, Zhou Bai, nanlaoquan, maid like, known as Jinci three unique.

History Introduction

Jinshui River flows upstream from Zhibo canal, namely Nanlao spring. The whole spring system forms a group of building combinations. Among them, there are seven holes and eight eyes in the spring, the magic mainstay, Zhanglang tower, buxizhou, renziyan, xierdong, zhenqu Pavilion, Nanlao spring Pavilion in Nanhai eye, and then the jellyfish building. Nanlao spring water flows out from the stone rock with a depth of one foot, and its constant temperature is 17 ℃ all the year round. The flow of water is not big, clear as jade, all year round. Li Bai, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote poems with famous sentences such as "water flowing in Jinci temple is like Jasper" and "cui'e in baichi Qingtan".

Origin and legend

It is said that in Jinsheng village, 20 miles north of Jinci, a girl named liusi married Gutang village, where Jinci is located. She is famous for her virtue and kindness, but her mother-in-law deliberately abused her and kept her from going back to her mother's home, asking her to carry water every day. The source of water is so far away from home that it can only be carried once a day. In order to make it difficult for her, her mother-in-law only drank a bucket of water in front of her and used the bucket of water behind her to drink horses. She also made the bucket flat on the top and sharp on the bottom to increase the difficulty of carrying water. She could not rest and tormented her. One day, on the way to carry water, Liu met an old man who was leading a horse and wanted to drink the horse with the water she carried. The old man's face was dusty and looked like he had come from a long way. Liu agreed without hesitation and handed the last bucket of water to the horse. But the horse seemed to be very thirsty, after drinking a bucket of water even before a bucket of water also drank. This makes Liu very difficult: take another trip. It's getting late. It's too late to go back and forth. If you don't take the empty bucket home, you must be scolded and flogged by your mother-in-law. When he was hesitating, the old man said, "I have heard that you are virtuous and kind-hearted. When I see you today, you really deserve your reputation." He gave Liu a horsewhip and told her to take it home. As long as she pumped the horsewhip in the urn, the water would gush out naturally, and the urn would be full of water, but it must not be pulled out. In the twinkling of an eye, the old man and the horse were gone.

Liu went home in fear and tried to find a way, which came true. After that, she didn't worry any more. My mother-in-law saw that Liu didn't carry water for a long time, but the urn was always full, which was very strange. I went to see it and found the secret of whipping. So her mother-in-law asked Liu to go back to her mother's home and draw out the whip, and the water gushed out and overflowed. Her mother-in-law panicked and immediately ran to Jinsheng village to find Liu. Liu was combing his hair. Before he finished, he quickly bit a lock of hair into his mouth and ran back to the ancient Tang village. Without saying anything, he sat on the urn. Since then, water has been flowing out of Liu's body for thousands of years, which is called "nanlaoquan".

present situation

Nanlao spring has irrigated thousands of hectares of good farmland near Jinci for generations, creating a rich scene of "thousands of families irrigate rice, all over Jiangnan farmland". Because the spring water contains a variety of minerals, the water temperature is constant and the water quality is excellent, the Jinci rice cultivated by Jinshui is as famous as the Xiaozhan rice in Tianjin for its crystal quality, full grain, mellow taste and endless aftertaste. Unfortunately, due to the decline of water level, nanlaoquan stopped flowing on April 30, 1993. Therefore, after 1993, tap water was used to replace nanlaoquan. But in 2006, Shanxi started the Fenhe River Basin treatment project. With the speeding up of environmental control in Fenhe River Basin, ecological protection has been strengthened. In 2015, the groundwater level of nanlaoquan has risen from 28 meters to 6.43 meters, with an average annual increase of 2.0 meters. Nanlaoquan is expected to flow again from 2018 to 2020. Jin temple is expected to be restored.

Address: Jinci park at the foot of xuanweng mountain, provincial road 039 (Jinci Road), Jinyuan District, Taiyuan City

Longitude: 112.44092

Latitude: 37.709103

Ticket information: no ticket required. Included in the ticket of Jinci scenic spot

Chinese PinYin : Nan Lao Quan