Woka hot spring

Woka hot spring

Located in Woka Township, about 60 kilometers east of SANGRI County, seven hot springs are scattered on a small grassland, forming Woka hot springs. These hot springs have curative effects on stomach diseases, eye diseases, skin diseases, etc. The surrounding scenery is beautiful.

brief introduction

Woka has three sacred rivers: Zengqi River, Heilong River and derimu river. There are seven hot springs, which are star shaped and scattered on the grassland in Woka township. It is said that the spring here can cure many diseases. Among them, droka hot spring, which is specially used by the Dalai Lama, is the most famous. Many people come here for leisure bathing in spring and summer.

Seven hot springs are star shaped and distributed on the Woka grassland, which is famous for its remarkable curative effect. Among them, the most famous hot spring is zhuoroka, which used to be dedicated to Dalai Lama Qian. It is said that this spring can cure many diseases. Jueqongbangluo hot spring in the north of zhuoluka can cure stomach diseases. It is said that it was the place where zongkaba used to bathe in those days. Nearby, there are pabu hot spring for arthritis, minma hot spring for eye disease and sinusitis, and banggaro hot spring for skin disease. In spring and summer, many people come to Woka hot spring.

The origin of place names

It's Woka 70 kilometers eastward from SANGRI county. According to master zongkaba's biography, when he traveled from Qinghai to Tibet, he got the Enlightenment of Guanyin Bodhisattva, saying that as long as zongkaba goes to a place where people love wadgongjie, he can become a great Buddhist promoter. When he came to the foot of wadgongjie mountain, he saw that the people here revered and loved wadgongjie mountain, so he practiced here with his disciples and started the establishment of Gelug Sect. It is said that the name of wadgongjie was his name, and "wadka" means "love wadgongjie mountain".

Hot spring resources

Woka is a semi farming and semi pastoral area in SANGRI county. In a broad sense, it includes an area of nearly 60 kilometers from Fangyuan. In a narrow sense, it refers to an area 10 kilometers wide from north to South and 20 kilometers long from east to west near Woka Zong. It takes the original Woka Zong as the center, with an average altitude of more than 3700 meters. The East-West ward Gongjie mountain is tall and straight in the south of wokazong. Its main peak is like a sword piercing the blue sky. It is snowy all the year round and very beautiful. It always glitters in the sun. Its altitude is 5998 meters. At the west end of a low East-West ridge is the majestic wokazong site, about 5 kilometers away from wodegongjie holy mountain. To the south of the ridge is fertile farmland, and to the north is the grassland with abundant water and grass. This beautiful and rich land is pregnant with wokazong's hardworking and kind-hearted people. People are transforming nature here, and nature also dedicates her love to the people of Woka hot spring. The best gift nature has given to the people of Woka is the water.

Woka has two rivers and seven hot springs, which are divided into white water, black water, hot water, warm water and cold water according to the water temperature and color. White water is the snow water flowing from Zengchi valley. In summer, Zengchi river flows like milk. Black water flows from Baijin valley. People call it derimu river. These two rivers, together with Longhe River, are called "three God River" by local people. They represent Guanyin Bodhisattva, Vajra Dharma protector and Manjusri Bodhisattva respectively. Woka's hot water refers to seven hot springs, two of which are hot enough to boil eggs. Warm water refers to the water coming from the spring under the grassland. The spring water is at normal temperature all the year round and is an ideal source for people to wash clothes and vegetables. Woka hot spring is dominated by four different springs. All of them are distributed in grassland mountain to the north of wokazong.

The first is located in the middle of the grassland, on the South Bank of Zengqi river. Droka is famous for the Dalai Lama's Royal hot spring. There is a bathroom with an area of 364 square meters beside the spring. It is specially used by the Dalai Lama of past dynasties. The bathroom seat is from west to East. After entering the door, there is a reception room in the south, and a stone bath and dressing room in the north.

The hot spring water and Zengqi river water can be introduced from the underground channel, and small sluice gates are built to adjust the water temperature at any time. The pool water has an outlet to keep the water clean. The bathing pool covers an area of nearly 16 square meters. There is a stone seat in the pool and a shampoo beside the pool. It is said that whenever the Dalai Lama goes to the holy lake to worship, he has to take a bath and rest here. This hot spring has the highest temperature in Woka. It is said that the water can cure all kinds of diseases.

In the north of droka, on the hillside across Zengqi River, there is a hot spring named jueqongbangka. The temperature of the hot spring is about 45 ~ 50 degrees. It is said that the hot spring was discovered by master zongkaba and often came to bathe. The spring water flows out from the cracks on the hillside, and the flow is small. According to the local people, the water can cure stomach diseases. In the past, droka and juejongbangka were regarded as holy springs, and women were not allowed to take a bath.

There is a hot spring, called pabu, across a small bridge from the site of wokazong to the north. As soon as the spring water flows out from the crack of the boulder, there is a pool of nearly 20 square meters in front of the spring. This is the favorite hot spring of the local people. At the turn of spring and summer every year, people bathe their livestock here to wash away the parasites and dust they have been infected with in the circle all winter, These animals go to the summer pasture. In addition, whenever

After finishing a day's farm work, or when young people come back from grazing, they always come here in groups to have a good bath. We often see people laughing and talking in the pool to get rid of their sweat and fatigue. People say that this spring can also cure arthritis and skin diseases. Minmaka, another hot spring not far west of this spring, can cure all kinds of eye diseases and sinusitis, but it has been damaged.

There is a hot spring called banggaka to the east of pabu spring and to the west of juejiang Bangka spring. The spring water flows out from the lawn and the temperature is about 38 degrees. Young people in love often come here to take a bath. When night falls, they lie in the spring and have a romantic interest. This spring is a good medicine for skin diseases.

Because the hot spring in Woka can cure many kinds of diseases, people often take a car from a distance and come to take a bath on horseback. Because Woka not only has many hot springs, but also has unique folk customs and beautiful scenery, which is also a tourist resort for people.

Tourism information

Name of scenic spot: Woka hot spring

Address: Woka scenic spot, Shannan, Tibet

Contact: Shannan foreign affairs and Tourism Bureau

Surrounding scenic spots

Zedang scenic spot · monkey cave · Sangye temple · yangzhuoyngcuo · yongbulakan · Tomb of Tibetan king · yongbulakan · cuomeizhe ancient lake in Lhasa · Yalong River scenic spot · Tomb of Tibetan king · Changzhu temple · Shannan martyrs cemetery · langsailing manor · minzhulin temple · lagari Palace

Address: Woka scenic spot, SANGRI County, Shannan City

Longitude: 92.250131

Latitude: 29.333247

Chinese PinYin : Wo Ka Wen Quan