Xiangzhou Hot Springs

　　Xiangzhou Hot Springs, located 81 kilometers southeast of Liuzhou City and 8 kilometers from Xiangzhou County in Reshui Village, Sicun Town, was formerly known as Pushui Famous Spring, once called “Huachi Hot Springs,” and is traditionally referred to by locals as “Reshui.”

　　Surrounded by green mountains and babbling streams, the idyllic rural scenery here is picturesque. In this beautiful countryside setting, heat rises year-round, shrouded in misty vapors, creating an ethereal, almost otherworldly atmosphere — not unlike a fairyland. This is the natural wonder of Xiangzhou Hot Springs, once beautifully praised by Ming Dynasty scholar Liu Zhiying: “Warm mist and rosy steam veil the unspoiled scene; celestial springs seem to descend from the Milky Way. By the well, cinnabar boils clear essence; in the zither’s tune, warm breezes stir green waves. Flying waterfalls and drifting clouds offer serene solemnity, while cool springs holding moonlight lack the sun’s full warmth. Clearly, this is the balanced fire of healing waters — do not mistake them for ordinary streams and stones.”

　　The hot spring area enjoys an elegant environment where green mountains, clear waters, fields, bubbling springs, and mountain villages complement one another, forming an exceptionally beautiful and uniquely distinctive natural painting. Two natural hot springs gush from underground. The larger spring is about 7 meters long and 3 meters wide, connected to a stream. Its surface steams warmly, while fish swim gracefully at the bottom, mixing the upper and lower layers of water, gradually bringing the temperature to a comfortable level suitable for bathing. A viewing pavilion has been built near the spring for visitors to rest and enjoy the scenery. The smaller spring is square-shaped, approximately 1.5 meters in both length and width. This spring has a higher temperature, reaching around 86°C. All year round, vapors rise and mists linger — truly “steaming like vapor above a steamer, hot like soup in a cauldron.” Eggs placed in the hot water will be cooked in 30–40 minutes, with a deliciously tender taste. “Pushui Famous Spring” is one of the Eight Scenic Spots of Xiangzhou, attracting numerous visitors for thousands of years. Inscriptions and poems by scholars throughout the dynasties have added further charm to the thermal springs.

　　The hot spring water comes from hot rocks several hundred meters below the ground. The water is crystal clear and contains more than twenty types of trace elements beneficial to the human body, such as metasilicic acid, strontium, copper, iron, magnesium, calcium, iodine, and barium. It can help prevent and treat skin diseases, stomach ailments, indigestion, neurasthenia, and rheumatism when used for bathing.

　　The water temperature of Xiangzhou Hot Springs reaches up to 86 degrees Celsius. The water is clear, colorless, tasteless, and unpolluted, containing over twenty types of trace elements beneficial to health, including metasilicic acid, strontium, copper, iron, magnesium, calcium, iodine, and barium. Authenticated by experts from the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources, the Ministry of Light Industry (Food), and Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, it is recognized as “high-quality natural high-temperature mineral drinking water.” Its water temperature and metasilicic acid content meet the standards of medicinal mineral water. It serves not only as an ideal natural health beverage but also offers therapeutic benefits for skin diseases, stomach problems, indigestion, neurasthenia, and rheumatism through hydrotherapy. It uniquely helps eliminate fatigue and promotes blood circulation.

　　Xiangzhou Hot Springs enjoys the reputation of being the “No. 1 Hot Spring in Central and South China,” known for its characteristics of “bathing to cure ailments and soaking to cook fresh food.”

　　The Xiangzhou Hot Springs Resort has developed facilities including a hot spring hotel and swimming pool operated by the county tourism company, restaurants, bathhouses, as well as the hot spring source scenic area (Source Hotel) invested in by merchants, various resort villas, and a mineral water plant wholly owned by Taiwanese investors. These have collectively formed a holiday destination integrating the seven essential elements of “food, accommodation, transportation, sightseeing, shopping, entertainment, and therapy.” Additionally, the Xiangzhou Huachi Mountain Hot Springs Eco-Resort project, which fully embodies pristine ecology, has also commenced construction.