Baihequan

Behind Lushan temple in Changsha, Hunan Province, surrounded by ancient trees, there is a spring overflowing from the stone. It is not dry in winter and summer, clear and sweet, clear and transparent. Baihequan is known as "the first fragrance of Lushan Mountain". It is said that in ancient times, a pair of cranes used to fly here, so it was named baihequan. Interestingly, the tea was boiled with spring water, and the steaming heat circled the mouth of the cup, just like the white crane. There was a monk who built a stone well in the shape of a crane, carved the word "white crane spring" on the cliff, and built a stone tablet. In 1877, Xia Xianyun built a pavilion on the spring, which was destroyed during the Anti Japanese war. After liberation, a new pavilion, Biwa and Zhulan, was built. Now there is a teahouse beside the spring, which makes tea with the clear Baihe spring water for tourists to taste.

Traffic tips: you can take the following bus to the scenic spot: No.106

Baihequan

Behind Lushan temple in Changsha City, Hunan Province, surrounded by ancient trees, there is a spring overflowing from the stone. It is not dry in winter and summer, clear and sweet, clear and transparent. Baihequan is known as "the first Fangjian in Lushan Mountain". It is said that in ancient times, a pair of cranes used to fly here, so it was named baihequan.

Introduction to spring water

Behind Lushan temple in Changsha, Hunan Province, surrounded by ancient trees, there is a spring overflowing from the stone. It is not dry in winter and summer, clear and sweet, clear and transparent. Baihequan is known as "the first fragrance of Lushan Mountain". It is said that in ancient times, a pair of cranes used to fly here, so it was named baihequan. Interestingly, the tea was boiled with spring water, and the steaming heat hovered around the cup mouth, just like the white crane. There was a monk who built a stone well in the shape of a crane, carved the word "white crane spring" on the cliff, and built a stone tablet. In 1877, Xia Xianyun built a pavilion on the spring, which was destroyed during the Anti Japanese war. After liberation, a new pavilion, Biwa and Zhulan, was built. Now there is a teahouse beside the spring, which makes tea with the clear Baihe spring water for tourists to taste.

formation

Baihequan is on the south side of Guanyin Pavilion of Lushan temple, next to the mountain road. In front of the cliff, there is a square pavilion with single eaves and green tiles. In the pavilion, there is a spring pool, which is protected by white jade stone of the Han Dynasty in the Zhou Dynasty. There is a crack in the rafter from the top of the mountain. The water on the mountain flows down through the crack after being filtered by the sandstone layer, and turns gently to the Baihe spring. The spring water trickles out from the stone, and gathers in the spring pool, which is neither surplus nor dry. "Cold and warm change with cold and heat, and the surplus and contraction are not different through drought.". The spring water is clear and sweet, which is called "the first fragrance of Lushan Mountain". Zhang Shi of the Song Dynasty said: "the sound of pines is filled with gold and stone, while the light waves and crane's shadow are filled with Yao and Kun.". It is said that in ancient times, a pair of cranes loved the sweet spring water and flew over it. After that, the shadow of the two cranes was left in the spring water. They made tea with the spring water, and the hot air rose and hovered on the top of the cup, just like a pair of white cranes dancing, so the spring was called white crane, also known as double crane. Zhao Bian, the "iron faced imperial censor" of the Northern Song Dynasty, praised the spring: "the spiritual pulse is originally passive, because the bird gargles the jade spring. Who knows the immortal in the cave In 1877, Xia Xianyun built a pavilion to protect the spring, and the Hanlin academy compiled the stele of white crane spring written by Yang Hanshu. The stele was abandoned after the pavilion. Now the spring pavilion was rebuilt in 1956. The top of the pavilion is painted with two cranes flying, which attracts tourists' attention. There is a teahouse at Baihe spring, where you can taste Baihe spring water. It's a pity that "Baihe is gone forever".

Historical records

Changsha white crane spring is located in a stone pit surrounded by ancient trees behind Lushan temple. It is clear and sweet in winter and summer. It is said that in ancient times, a pair of cranes loved the sweet spring water and flew on it. Since then, there has been a pair of crane shadows in the spring water, making tea with the spring water, rising hot fog, hovering on the cup mouth, just like a pair of white cranes dancing. The ancients called this spring white crane spring. Zhao Bian, the "iron faced censor" of the Northern Song Dynasty, once wrote a poem praising this spring

"There is no source for the spirit pulse, because the bird Laiyu spring. Who knows the immortal in the cave.

An interesting feature of Baihe spring is that when it is boiled to make tea, the steaming heat hovers at the mouth of the cup for a long time, which looks like Baihe. Now there is a teahouse beside the spring, which is dedicated to the pure Baihe spring to make tea for tourists to taste.

Tourism information

Traffic tips: you can take the following bus to the scenic spot: No.106

Location: South of Guanyin Pavilion, Yuelu Mountain

Climate: Hunan is a subtropical humid monsoon climate with changeable spring temperature, hot summer, strong autumn air and short East cold. The annual average temperature is between 16 ° C and 18 ° C. In spring, you can go to Taohuayuan, where the grass is delicious and the fallen flowers are colorful; in summer, you can go to Maoyan River and Mengdong River to drift and feel cool; in autumn, it is the most beautiful season in Western Hunan; in winter, you can go to Hengshan to enjoy the snow and taste the rare snow scenery in southern China. The best travel time: except for the high temperature in midsummer, winter, spring and autumn are suitable for sightseeing.

Administrative divisions: under the jurisdiction of Furong, Kaifu, Tianxin, Yuelu, Yuhua five districts and Changsha, Ningxiang, Wangcheng three counties and Liuyang City.

Traffic information

Civil aviation: the aviation of Hunan Province is centered on Changsha. There are many flights from Changsha Huanghua International Airport to major cities at home and abroad. The other two civil airports are Zhangjiajie airport and Changde airport.

Railway: the railway network of Hunan Province is relatively developed, with five railway trunk lines running through the whole province, including Beijing Guangzhou, Zhejiang Jiangxi, Hunan Guangxi, Hunan Guizhou, and zhiliu. All tourist cities or regions in the province are basically accessible by railway.

Highway: the province's highway traffic mileage of more than 60000 kilometers, 106, 107, 207, 209, 319, 320, 322 and other national roads through the territory of Hunan Province, between the tourist cities and scenic spots are shuttle bus. Attachment: the main national roads in Hunan Province pass through scenic spots.

Water transport: the four rivers of Hunan, Ziyuan, Yuanli are navigable. Changsha, Hengyang, Zhuzhou, Xiangtan, Shaoyang, Huaihua, Changde, Yueyang and other cities are not only the Provincial Railway and highway transportation hubs, but also the important transfer stations of waterway transportation.

matters needing attention

1. All tap water in Hunan must be boiled before drinking.

2. Office hours: from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. from May 1 to September 30; from October 1 to April 30, all office hours in the afternoon will be pushed forward for half an hour.

Adjacent scenic spots

Yuelu Mountain Yuelu Academy Sui relic tower Huangxing tomb jiaodafeng tomb Lushan Temple stele ring drum ridge Xiaoti cliff mang snake cave caie tomb Yu Zhimo tomb basin landscape garden hexitai Yinxin Bookstore Yunlu palace aiwan Pavilion Yuwang stele banshanting Lushan temple baihequan Dawei Mountain Changsha window of the world Hunan Provincial Museum Juzizhou Mawangdui Han tomb unearthed cultural relics Tianxin Pavilion Kaifu Temple Tianxin Park Huitang Hot Spring Jia Yi's former residence jinpenling tomb No.9 Jin Dynasty beijincheng site Ming Fanfu Martyrs Park Mawangdui Chuanshan school Tongguan ancient kiln Qingshuitang shenjiadawu provincial No.8 normal school Eighth Route Army Office in Hunan Changsha worker cultural officer Changsha Zoo Comrade Liu Shaoqi Memorial Lei Feng Memorial Tianjiling National Forest Park Changsha undersea world baishajing Juzhou Park Exhibition Hall of the former site of Hunan District Committee of the Communist Party of China Huang Xing's former residence baiyun temple Tan Sitong Memorial Hall Hu Yaobang's former residence Xiaoyuan Park

Address: No.82 Lushan Road, south side of Yuelushan Guanyin Pavilion (near xiaotiyan)

Longitude: 112.950815

Latitude: 28.193742

Tel: 0731-88825011

Chinese PinYin : Bai He Quan