Tangquan Hot Spring Pitfall Avoidance Guide
Hot Spring Introduction:
🔸Tangquan Hot Spring is located in Tangtou, a thousand-year-old ancient town in Linyi City, Shandong Province, nestled against Tang Mountain to the east and bordering the Yi River to the west, with a history of over 2,600 years. During the Spring and Autumn period, Confucius bathed here multiple times, and later generations erected a temple and inscribed a stele in his honor. The Northern Wei Dynasty's 'Commentary on Water Classic' recorded the saying 'the hot spring flows into the Yi River.' The Republic of China's 'Continued Linyi County Annals' stated, 'The spring emerges from the crevices of rocks, hot as boiling water. It contains a lot of sulfur and salt, and it cures diseases such as scabies and exhaustion upon bathing. People from afar often bring their own provisions to visit.'
🔸Above the reception hall of Tangquan Hot Spring hangs a blue plaque with golden characters that reads 'Step Straight into a High Position.' In the center, there is a cultural relic that has withstood the test of time: a hexagonal sutra pillar, which confirms that the ancient name 'Hot Spring Township' of Tangtou has been documented in texts for at least eight hundred years.
📝Hot Spring Bathing Strategy:
🔹Tangquan outdoor hot spring has eleven major series and more than eighty indoor and outdoor hot spring pools, with nearly seventy outdoor pools. There is also a large indoor SPA health care area, swimming pool, water park, water play park, dream water house, hot spring slide, etc.
🔹A major feature of Tangquan Hot Spring is the camphor trees, and there are several camphor wood pools in the hot spring that help to dispel rheumatism, open meridians, and relieve pain.
🔹The third-floor rest hall is open for free, with unique therapeutic massage projects such as Tang Dynasty health preservation and bone loosening, and there is a fitness center, leisure area, and other entertainment projects.
🔹The fourth floor is the self-service dining area, where you can dine with a meal ticket, take food multiple times in small amounts to avoid waste, and a corresponding fee will be charged for waste exceeding a certain amount.
🔹When entering the hot spring, you should start from low to high temperature, soaking in sequence, 15-20 minutes each time. The duration of the bath should be based on the temperature of the spring water; when the temperature is high, do not soak for too long to avoid symptoms such as chest tightness, thirst, and dizziness. Also, drink more water to replenish the lost fluids.
🔹Four steps of bathing: ①Clean your body at the shower area first, or choose to soak in the large pool for a while and scrub your body, pay attention to pool safety; ②Before entering the spring, pour some spring water on yourself first, try to continue for 2-3 minutes, let your body slowly adapt to the temperature, to avoid discomfort due to sudden contact; ③Gradually immerse the lower part of the waist into the water; ④After 2-3 minutes, transition to the shoulders, and finally, the whole body can bathe.
🚗Transportation Information:
✔️Navigate to 'Tangquan Hot Spring (International) Resort' for self-driving, with ample parking spaces.
📌Price and TIPS:
🔔Adult ticket 110 yuan/person, 210 yuan/2 people, adult ticket + buffet 180 yuan/person, children under 1.2 meters free.
🔔Opening hours: 10:00-22:00, no entry after 22:00.