Old things in the south

Chapter 42
Taking a hot spring bath is one of the pleasures of life in Taiwan.It can achieve several purposes of traveling in mountains, playing in water, resting, curing diseases and escaping summer heat.Like the current autumn weather, the best place to leave the city for a weekend trip is to go to a scenic spot with hot springs.

There are hot springs distributed throughout Taiwan, and there are more hot springs in the north than in the south.When it comes to hot spring baths, people will think of Beitou.In fact, there are quite a few hot spring resorts near Taipei. The hustle and bustle of Beitou hot springs today has lost the real purpose of travel.

Well-known hot springs in Taiwan include Inoue Hot Spring in Hsinchu, Guanyin Hot Spring in Fengyuan, Taichung, and Dongpu Hot Spring in Shuilikeng.Guanziling Hot Spring in Tainan.Sichongxi Hot Spring in Hengchun.Hualien's deep water hot springs, Ruisui hot springs, and Yuli hot springs.Taitung's Zhiben Hot Spring and Lizi Hot Spring.Jiaoxi Hot Springs in Yilan, Yuanshan Hot Springs.In addition to the well-known Caoshan and Beitou, Taipei also has Wulai Hot Spring, Jinshan Hot Spring, and Tianmu Hot Spring.

The water quality of the hot springs in the province is not the same, and different diseases can be treated.The hot springs in Caoshan and Beitou have a strong sulfur smell, but those in Wulai or Jinshan are not so strong.

When it comes to the source of hot springs, we need to know some mountains in Taiwan.Most of the hot springs in Taipei come from the Datun Mountains, the only volcanic mountain range in Taiwan.For example, the highest peak of Datun Mountain is Qixing Peak. The mountain of Qixing Peak is cracked, and a large amount of sulfur liquid flows out, which becomes a hot spring.Beitou, Caoshan, Jinshan and other hot springs all originate from Qixing Peak.

The closest to Taipei City is Tianmu Hot Spring in the northeast of Shilin. It is said that it can treat anemia, gynecology, sexually transmitted diseases, neurological diseases, beriberi and so on.Guiding the Tianmu Hot Spring was a very risky thing at the beginning, because there was a big poisonous snake in the nameless stream where the Tianmu Hot Spring came from, and those who went to measure and guide it risked their lives.

Beitou Hot Spring is the oldest hot spring.At the beginning, Beitou was the place where the Gaoshan people lived, and it was here that the Qing Dynasty mined sulfur and exchanged things with the Gaoshan people. This has been recorded in many Taiwanese histories.As for the later development of hot springs for bathing, it is said that it started with a German.Now Beitou is the busiest hot spring place in Taiwan. Prostitution, murder, robbery, everything is available, and it has become a source of evil.

The fame of Caoshan Hot Spring is also related to the scenery of Caoshan.Caoshan not only has hot springs gushing out everywhere, but also you can enjoy the beauty of Taiwan in the long summer on the mountain, deep mountains and valleys, small streams and flowing water, flowers and trees along the mountains, Taipei plains, and Qixing and Datun peaks behind you.

Jinshan Hot Spring, commonly known as Jinbaoli Hot Spring, is one of the scenic spots in Taiwan, near Keelung.The scenery here is beautiful, Zhuzi Mountain, Huangzui Mountain, Qixing Mountain, looking at the mountains in the distance, the blue sky is misty, and the hot smoke of the hot spring is wafting, making you feel lost.The sea below is sprayed with white foam, and the fishing nets are swaying, which makes tourists fascinated everywhere.Such beautiful scenery is the best condition for hot springs.

Wulai Hot Spring, which is in the mountains, is also a scenic spot. The beauty of Wulai can only be felt after you go deep into the mountains.Listening to the sound of a hundred drums beating like a waterfall, watching it drop a curtain of water from the cliff for a long time, it really feels supernatural and refined.The hot springs in Wulai were overwhelmed by waterfalls and mountains.

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