Guoyu Hot Spring Resort Town

Guoyu Hot Spring Resort Town

Guoyu Hot Spring Resort Town is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction.

Guoyu Hot Spring Resort Town, a national AAAA-level tourist attraction and a Golden Leaf-rated green tourism hotel, is a hot spring resort destination integrating hot spring bathing, health care, accommodation and conferences, as well as leisure and entertainment.

It features over 50 distinctive open-air and semi-open-air wellness hot spring pools, nearly 300 various types of resort guest rooms, 32 high-end private dining rooms, a uniquely designed large self-service restaurant that can accommodate 1,000 diners at once, six conference halls of varying sizes, and a grand banquet hall capable of hosting international conferences for up to 500 people.

Guoyu Hot Spring is the closest hot spring resort to the provincial capital, located 22 kilometers east of downtown Shijiazhuang (Museum), adjacent to the extended line of Heping Road and National Highway 307, offering convenient transportation. It is also close to the Hutuo River Ecological Leisure Belt, with nearby views of villages and farmhouses, presenting a serene pastoral scene.

The resort area boasts a beautiful environment, primarily featuring Huizhou-style architecture complemented by the charm of Han and Tang architectural styles. With its grey tiles, white walls, and lush greenery, it unfolds like an ink-wash painting before your eyes, making one marvel at such exquisite garden landscapes in northern China.

The geothermal well reaches a depth of 3,254 meters, with the aquifer belonging to the Lower Paleozoic Ordovician system. The water outlet temperature is 85°C, with a flow rate of 40m³/h. According to testing by the Water Quality Testing Center of the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources: the water is clear, odorless, with a pH value of 6.7, classified as medium-temperature high-mineral-content spring water. The total dissolved solids amount to 8,690.9mg/L, and the water type is sodium chloride. Minerals such as metasilicic acid, metaboric acid, strontium, lithium, and fluorine meet the national standards for naming medical thermal mineral water, offering significant health and therapeutic benefits.

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Original Spring Pools: These provide therapeutic benefits through varying temperatures—low, medium, and high. Main original spring pools include Guoyu No.1, Han-Tang Misty Rain, and High-Temperature Spring. Rich in minerals such as metasilicic acid, metaboric acid, strontium, lithium, and fluorine, these pools offer great health and wellness value, with special efficacy for conditions like rheumatism, neuralgic bone pain, and digestive tract diseases.

Infused Spring Pools: These pools are enhanced with herbal sachets offering various health benefits. Key infused spring pools include Coffee Spring, Lemon Spring, Beauty Skin Spring, and Aloe Vera Spring, providing diverse wellness effects such as beauty and slimming, hair care and spot removal, anti-aging and revitalization, as well as muscle relaxation and blood circulation improvement.

Fun Therapy Springs: Facilities such as Fish Therapy, Maifan Stone, Geo-thermal Belt, Mineral Sand Bath, Kids’ Water Play Area, and Swimming Pool allow you to experience the effects and fun of spa therapy between soaks. (The Kids’ Water Play Area and Swimming Pool both use hot spring water, kept at a constant temperature in winter.) Emotional Expression Springs: Inspired by poetic scenes or everyday life moments, such as Maple View Spring, Pine Listening Spring, and Plum Scent Spring. Painting-like scenery evokes poetic sentiment, dreams drift into the resort as you listen to the spring’s murmur; outside the corridors, worldly noise fades away, as you recline drunkenly in the pool.

Rest and Fitness Area: Electric recliner chairs, VIP bed area, tea lounge, chess and card room, internet café, table tennis, billiards

Authentic Guoyu Hot Spring Seven-Step Soaking Method

Step 1: Shower and Cleanse — Before soaking, take a shower to cleanse your body, which helps absorb the minerals in the hot spring water (back scrubbing can be arranged at this stage if desired).

Step 2: Self-Meridian Clearance — During (or after) showering, manually stimulate the stomach and gallbladder meridians to promote better absorption and detoxification later (you may follow the diagrams provided in the shower area).

Step 3: Soak in Authentic Hot Spring — Under the guidance of the hot spring area staff, choose to soak in three different pools, with each soak not exceeding 15 minutes.

1) Original Spring: Enjoy the pure, unaltered hot spring water.

★ First Hydration: Drink 200ml of plain water.

2) Infused Spring: Choose two types based on your physique and preference, as advised by the staff.

Step 4: Maifan Stone Detox — Lie down and relax, manually stimulating the Conception Vessel (as shown in the diagram) to aid internal detoxification. Recommended duration: no more than 20 minutes.

★ Second Hydration: Drink 200ml of lightly salted water.

Step 5: Original Spring — Fully absorb the minerals in the hot spring water. Soak time should not exceed 10 minutes.

Step 6: Geo-thermal Belt Wellness — Relax and lie still (optional services such as beauty treatments or foot therapy can be chosen during this phase).

★ Third Hydration: Drink a specially prepared seasonal Guoyu Wellness Tea.

Step 7: Shower — Rinse off quickly with warm or plain water for 2–3 minutes (deep full-body massage and wellness services can be opted for after this step).

Post-Hot Spring Care Notes: Eat light meals, avoid overeating, and ensure ample rest.