Taheman Hot Spring Resort & Entertainment City

　　Taheman Hot Spring Resort & Entertainment City is situated on the Hot Spring Mountain northwest of Muztagh Ata Peak, 24 kilometers from the county seat and 4 kilometers from National Highway 314, at an altitude of 3,200 meters. The spring originates from the base of a rock fracture on the southwestern side of the Kabixin Canyon Feiyemuke Wu’er Mountain. It is surrounded by high mountains on the south, north, and west sides. The canyon stretches 5,000 meters from east to west and 1,500 meters from north to south. It has been designated as a provincial-level hot spring resort and entertainment city.

　　There are two springs here, from which rising mist can be seen and the scent of sulfur can be smelled. According to local Tajik herders, the spring has only been used by people for about 200 years, with the ruins of an old “earthen yurt” serving as evidence. In the early days, wooden lattice beds were placed over the spring openings, and bathers would lie on them to enjoy steam baths. The water temperature can exceed 80°C, capable of boiling an egg in just 15 minutes—truly like boiling water on the Pamir Plateau. About 500 meters to the southwest and west of the hot spring lies the Jade Eye Spring, which provides potable water.

　　The spring water has been tested by the “Hygiene Institute of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences,” with a pH value of 7.5, classifying it as weakly alkaline water. It has negative hardness, no sodium salt content, and contains 23 types of minerals including sulfur, phosphorus, calcium, fluorine, manganese, magnesium, iron, and potassium. Clinical trials have shown it can treat skin itching, psoriasis, chronic urticaria, women’s amenorrhea and irregular menstruation caused by fallopian tube inflammation, bruises, soreness and blood stasis, lumbar - leg pain, arthritis, acid reflux, stomach pain, diabetes, and coronary heart disease. It also aids digestion, reduces inflammation, and when used for mouthwash, can treat cavities. The daily flow of the spring exceeds 200 tons, with a flow rate of 2.2–3 meters per second.

　　The site is equipped with a full range of facilities for bathing, convalescence, entertainment, dining, lodging, and travel, providing high - quality services. It is the best destination that combines tourism, leisure, and convalescence.

　　While you marvel at this incredible scenery, please listen to the beautiful legend of the hot spring:

　　Once upon a time, the Pamir Plateau was a desolate land with bitter water and no inhabitants, only this cold, harsh iceberg and the vast, weedy Gobi Desert. On the “Father of Ice Mountains,” Muztagh Ata Peak, lived a beautiful and kind fairy who was in charge of the joys and sorrows of all beings on earth. Accompanying her was a vigorous divine eagle. One day, as the divine eagle carried the fairy on a tour of the world, a group of people came from the direction where the sun rises—they were the hard - working and brave Tajik people. The arrival of the Tajiks brought vitality to the lonely and desolate plateau. The Tajiks raised cattle and sheep, cut through mountains to open up fields, and dredged water channels, transforming the barren and scorched land into a scene filled with singing, dancing, and peace. Due to the harsh climate, the Tajiks, who toiled day and night in the bitter cold and snow, all suffered from arthritis, rheumatism, and had nowhere to seek medical treatment or medicine. When the fairy learned of this, she rode the divine eagle and roamed the plateau in search of herbs to treat these diseases. She braved wind and rain for eighty - one days but still found nothing, leaving her in tears of sorrow. One day, while the Jade Emperor was conducting affairs in the Lingxiao Palace, a puff of air drifted into the heavenly palace. He calculated with his fingers and learned the whole story. He then dispatched Guanyin Bodhisattva, who bestowed upon the fairy some leaves from an immortal branch in her precious vase. With this precious gift, the fairy’s sorrowful tears turned into joyful ones. She dipped the leaves into her happy tears and sprinkled them onto the human world. Wherever the fairy’s tears fell on the mountain peaks, the rocks “boom” cracked into pieces, a white vapor rose into the sky, and two hot springs gushed out with clear, warm streams. These are the present - day Taheman Hot Springs. Since then, the Tajik people have often bathed here and are no longer tormented by illness.