Jiangsu's top 5 hot spring resorts, with an inventory of nearby hotels, come and spend a warm winter together!
Preface
As early as the Han Dynasty, scientist Zhang Heng's "Hot Spring Stele" noted the saying, "Where there is a severe illness, there is a hot spring." Hot springs have endured through the ages primarily due to their unique health-promoting properties. A must-do in winter, soaking in hot springs is increasingly becoming a popular gathering and leisure activity. On cold winter days, the warmth from body to soul fills every pore with a sense of comfort.
Jiangsu's winters are wet and cold, with occasional snowfalls, making it hard to go out. So, the best option is to soak in a hot spring! Besides the famous Tangshan Hot Springs, there are many other hidden gems, which we recommend today! Choose a good day and soak in one to keep you warm all winter long.
The average temperature and sunny and rainy distribution in Jiangsu in January 2021, for reference
Nanjing Tangshan Hot Spring
"Millennium Holy Hot Spring, Paradise for Health Preservation", the first of China's four major hot spring resorts, is the only one in China to obtain dual international certifications of hot spring water quality from Europe and Japan.
Tangshan, formerly known as "Wenquan," is named for its hot springs. With a history spanning over 1,500 years, it has been a haven for imperial royalty. Near the springs of Nanjing's Tangshan Hot Springs, visitors can observe numerous finely crystalline natural minerals. This unique geographical location makes Tangshan a must-see destination in Nanjing during winter. Every Nanjing resident, and even those from other provinces, craves a soak in Tangshan's hot springs during the winter.
Hotel Recommendation
Recommendation index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐, Tangshan Hot Spring has been ranked first among China's hot springs for three consecutive years
Recommended hot springs: Ziqing Lake Hot Spring, Tangshan No. 1 Hot Spring, Jinwu Hot Spring Park (free)
Recommended hotels: Ziqing Lake Hot Spring Resort (five-star), Tangshan Woge Bali Villa (four-star), Tangjiajia Hot Spring B&B Village
Ziqing Lake Hotel Photos
Tangshan Woge Bali Yuanshu Hotel Pictures
Tangjiajia B&B Village Map
Changzhou Hot Springs (Tianmu Lake, Dinosaur Park)
One of the "Top Ten Hot Springs in China", it is located on the shore of Tianmu Lake, which is known as the "last pool of clear water" in the Yangtze River Delta.
Rare in East China, these calcium bicarbonate hot springs boast medicinal properties and are suitable for drinking or bathing. Surrounded by mountains, Yushui Hot Springs is nestled in a corner of Nanshan Mountain. This 5A-rated hot spring boasts a 35,000-acre (approximately 1,000-square-meter) scenic bamboo forest, stunning outdoor hot springs, and millennia-old trees, a testament to the passage of time. Ten thousand acres of bamboo forest creates a natural oxygen bar.
Hotel Recommendation
Recommendation index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Recommended hot springs: Tianmu Lake Royal Water Hot Spring, Changzhou Dinosaur Valley Hot Spring Resort
Recommended hotels: Liyang Meijie, Tianmu Lake Resort, Hantian Banshan Hot Springs
Changzhou Dinosaur Valley Hot Spring Resort Hotel Pictures
Nanshan Bamboo Sea Inn Picture Gallery
Yangzhou Hot Springs
Yangzhou's "Shui Baopi" (water foreskin) culture is well-known. Shui Baopi refers to Yangzhou's bathhouse culture. Especially during the damp and cold autumn and winter months, Yangzhou residents strip off their clothes and soak in the water for hours. Besides bathhouses, hot springs are also highly recommended.
Here is hidden the deepest and hottest hot spring in Jiangsu Province - Jinyuan Hot Spring. The geothermal well is 3,028 meters deep and the water temperature is 93°C. Both indexes rank first in Jiangsu Province, making it the geothermal well with the highest temperature in Jiangsu Province.
Hotel Recommendation
Recommendation index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Recommended hot springs: Slender West Lake Hot Spring, Tianle Lake Hot Spring, Tianmu Hot Spring Resort, Phoenix Island Hot Spring (free)
Recommended hotels: Slender West Lake Hot Spring Resort, Hongqiaofang Hot Spring Hotel, Secluded Slender West Lake Hotel, Guest House Hot Spring Hotel
Photos of the Hideaway West Lake Hotel
Slender West Lake Hot Spring
Lianyungang Hot Springs
Donghai Hot Spring, the No. 1 hot spring in East China and the hometown of hot springs in China, has a large area of black pine trees planted. The natural pine phytoncide released by the black pine forest is a top-notch health treasure. Therefore, Donghai Forest Hot Spring is also known as the rare "rejuvenation spring" by the world.
Hotel Recommendation
Recommendation index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Recommended hotels: Lianyungang Furudonghai Hot Spring Hotel, Xiaosongyuan Hot Spring Hotel
Recommended hot spring: Donghai Forest Hot Spring
Suzhou Hot Springs
Suzhou's hot springs each have their own unique characteristics. If you come to Suzhou in winter, you will not only enjoy the world heritage gardens, but also the hot springs you can soak in.
Yangcheng Lake Live Water Hot Spring, originating from Yunding Hot Spring 1,800 meters below the bottom of Yangcheng Lake, is the only live water hot spring near Shanghai and Jiangsu. Shushan Hot Spring is the first granite fissure hot spring well in southern Jiangsu. Tianyi Hot Spring is Suzhou's first large-scale outdoor valley hot spring.
Zhangjiagang's Golden Phoenix Hot Springs are home to a sacred spring at the foot of Phoenix Mountain. The Tang Dynasty monk Jianzhen used the spring's waters for bathing and healing, and even wrote about them in his book, "Secret Prescriptions of Master Jian," which later spread to Japan. Yangshan Hot Springs draws its waters from the fluoride-metasilicate freshwater springs of the Carboniferous Paleozoic epoch, 1,300 meters below Dayang Mountain.
Hotel Recommendation
Recommendation index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Recommended hotels: Suzhou Yangshan Hot Spring Resort, Suzhou Shuxiangshijia Shushan Hot Spring Hotel, Yunding Hot Spring Hotel
Dusit Thani Spa Hotel Photos
Precautions for hot spring bathing
1. Remember to take off any metal jewelry on your body to avoid it from turning black due to sulfurization.
2. Avoid eating on an empty stomach. After meals, take a hot spring bath in the hotel. There should be a one-hour interval between hot spring bathing and meals.
3. Choose a suitable hot spring pool, ranging from low to high temperature. The time should not be too long, otherwise there will be chest tightness, thirst, dizziness and other phenomena. It is best to control it within 15-20 minutes.
4. People with dry skin should apply moisturizing lotion in time after soaking in hot springs to avoid discomfort caused by excessive loss of skin moisture.
5. People with skin allergies, pregnant women, people who have just undergone surgery, people with hypertension, people with heart disease, and women during their menstrual period should not take a hot spring bath.
Conclusion
In this cold winter, let's come to Jiangsu to soak in hot springs, bring warmth to the body, drive away the winter cold, warm up the body and mind, and relax the spirit.
