Luting Hot Spring

　　Luting Hot Spring is located in Group 1, Wenquan Village, Gaoyang Town, Wangcang County, 18.2 km from the county center. The area of the hot mineral water extraction site spans 3.26 square kilometers. The hot spring was discovered in 1972 by geological teams during oil and gas exploration. In 1995, it was named one of “Sichuan’s Famous Springs.” In 2009, it was certified by Sichuan Province as a “medicinal thermal mineral water containing fluorine and radon with metasilicic acid.”

　　On December 5, 2016, the National Tourism Administration announced that Luting Hot Spring’s 2A-level scenic spot designation had been revoked.

　　The area where the hot spring is located, Hanwang Mountain, has a long historical and cultural heritage. The Ming Dynasty historian Cao Xuejian wrote in his book “Records of Scenic Spots in Shu”: “The mountain encircles ninety-nine peaks, standing like swords and halberds in formation. In ancient times, Emperor Gaozu of Han stayed here, and there was a Hanwang Stockade.” The Republican-era “Revised Gazetteer of Guangyuan County” referred to it as “a famous mountain east of the county,” noting: “Emperor Gaozu of Han fled from enemies. With no boat by the river, a deer descended from the mountain, so he rode it across the river and into the hills. Thus, the mountain was named Hanwang Mountain, and the crossing, Deer Crossing.”

　　The geographical coordinates of the Luting Hot Spring wellhead are: 106°20′02.8″ east longitude, 32°19′51.1″ north latitude, with the wellhead elevation at 733 m. It lies 58 km east of Guangyuan City, 62 km south of Bazhong City, and 180 km north of Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province. To its west, the road from Wangcang to Shuanghui Town runs through, connecting with the Guangyuan–Leba Railway and the Guangyuan–Dachuan Expressway. Via the Guang–Mian–Cheng Expressway, Chengdu is 360 km away; via the Beijing–Kunming Expressway, Hanzhong is 260 km away; and via the Baoji–Chengdu Railway, Xi’an is 523 km away.