Rehou Hot Springs

　　The Rehou Hot Springs Tourist Resort is located in Rehou Village, Wanfuandian Town, 16 kilometers north of Lingyuan City. It is a long-renowned tourist and health resort. The hot spring sanatorium is 165 kilometers from Chaoyang City, 170 kilometers from the airport, and 175 kilometers from the seaport. Surrounded by mountains, the area offers a serene, pleasant climate and beautiful scenery. Its mineral water is classified as first-class in China and is known as the "Flower of Mineral Springs." The Lingyuan Hot Springs are ranked among the "Eight Great Hot Springs of China." The resort currently hosts 15 provincial, municipal, and county-level sanatoriums and bathing entertainment venues, primarily offering bathing and health treatments, vacation stays, and conference hosting.

　　The Lingyuan Rehou Hot Springs have been developed and utilized since the Tang Dynasty. During the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Kangxi visited the site, bathed in the hot springs, and bestowed a couplet: “A treasured land with a miraculous spring at Rehou, healing all ailments beyond the eight directions,” from which the name Rehou (“Hot Springs”) originates. The hot springs here boast both excellent temperature and water quality, possessing certain therapeutic value. The Rehou Hot Springs scenic area features vast stands of Chinese pine forests, along with tourist attractions such as Biyun Cave, Tiger Cave, Water Curtain Cave, Red Rock Cliff, and Crooked Neck Mountain. In 1997, a picturesque “Water Park” was added, becoming a popular leisure and vacation destination.

　　

　　The Rehou area covers a total of 24.5 square kilometers with a population of 3,380. The scenic area is 165 kilometers from Chaoyang City, 170 kilometers from the airport, and 175 kilometers from the seaport. It connects west to Chengde, east to Shenyang and Jinzhou, north to Chifeng, and faces Beidaihe and Xingcheng to the south. It is a jewel on the Beijing–Chengde–Lingyuan–Xingcheng–Shanhaiguan–Beidaihe circular tourist route and a highlight along the Liaoning–Hebei–Inner Mongolia sightseeing corridor.

　　The Rehou Hot Springs offer both excellent water temperature and quality. The current hot water source comes from underground depths of up to 1,500 meters, with water wells extracting from depths of 9–15 meters. The daily output totals 3,000–3,500 tons, with an annual water temperature of 47.5–48°C. The water is colorless, odorless, and transparent. It contains 14–15 mg of fluoride ions per liter, 35 mg of metasilicic acid per liter, and has sulfate ion milliequivalent percentages of 36.06%, bicarbonate ion milliequivalent percentages of 47.76%, sodium ion milliequivalent percentages of 93.39%. Other anions and cations each account for less than 25% of milliequivalent percentages. The chemical type is sulfate–bicarbonate–sodium water, with a total mineralization level exceeding 1,400 mg per liter and a pH of 8.5, indicating weak alkalinity.

　　This hot spring water offers therapeutic effects such as promoting skin perspiration, relaxing muscles and improving blood circulation, relieving pain, and reducing inflammation. It is particularly effective for chronic and stubborn conditions such as rheumatism, skin diseases, osteophyte hyperplasia, and lumbar disc herniation. Bathing in these hot springs not only quickly relieves fatigue but also leaves the whole body feeling smooth and refreshed, creating a refreshing and uplifting sensation. The resort currently includes 15 sanatoriums and bathing entertainment venues, receiving around 80,000 domestic and international visitors annually for bathing, health treatments, tourism, and vacationing.