Big winter, cold currents hit, really cold!
It would be nice to have a good soak in the hot springs!
There is a natural hot spring in Lushi County, a deep mountainous area of western Henan, and you can also open-air "naked bath", which is really a blessing for tourists.
Just go. Go to Sanmenxia Lushi County Tanghe style town to soak in hot springs!
Directly set the destination of the navigation to "Tanghe Township, Lushi County".
From the Lianhuo Expressway to the Zhenglu Expressway, and then into the Hubei Expressway (formerly the Sanhuai Expressway), the impression of Lushi County is very closed, and I can't imagine that so many highways have been built in recent years. It is said that the high-speed highway from Luanchuan to Lushi has been opened to traffic, and the highway from Lushi to Luonan in Shaanxi is also under construction.
In a few years, Lushi County's east, west, south, and north will be connected to the highway, and it will not become a veritable small hub in western Henan.
Enter Lushi County, get off the highway at the Jade Emperor Mountain Toll Station and enter National Highway 209. After passing Wulichuan Town, turn left at Wenkou Bridgehead and enter Tanghe Township. The "soup pond" commonly known by the locals is located on the banks of the Lao Stork River in the southwest corner of the town.
The "soup pond" is only separated from the road by the Old Stork River. This is a small river, only more than 100 meters of riverbed, the middle of the water into an artificial lake, the two banks are connected by a suspension bridge.
On the other side of the river, there was a voice coming, and the fog on the other side was steaming, and the people who were bathing did not pay any attention to the traffic on the road. Some tourists stand on the side of the road and watch to the other side, even taking pictures with their mobile phones, but people come and go are blind.
There are shops on the side of the road, dealing with swimsuits, side dishes, drinks and a variety of toiletries, as well as restaurants, and upstairs there are hotels, which are very good. Talking to the shop people, I learned that the "soup pond" opposite is the natural hot spring water flowing out of the stone crevice, and the locals have been "bathing" there for generations, and they don't know how many years.
Bathing in the "soup pond" is completely free, and both locals and outsiders can go to "bathe". However, foreigners are "weird" and dare not wash in the open air, and they are all washing by locals. In the past, there were tourists from out of town wearing swimsuits to wash, and the locals "joked" that they were too conservative, and then no tourists wore swimsuits to bathe in the past.
In the "soup pond" bath, men and women are separated. In the lunar calendar, a single day is washed for men and a double day is washed for women, and the convention is customary, and everyone is accustomed to it.
It was a single day, and I walked across the dangling suspension bridge to the misty "soup pond". The faint smell of sulfur and the smell of bathhouses filled the air.
There are three pools in total, two of which have water in them, and people sit or stand and bathe in the pools without hesitation, which is really no different from the large open-air bathhouse. Clothes were set aside, some were in the cupboard, and when there was, they were simply placed on stone benches. People took a bath while chatting and joking with each other. There are also those who rub each other's backs and wash their clothes.
Near the cliff wall is a two-story reservoir with several taps sticking out of the pool, and people are washing their hair directly at the taps. Behind the room is the spring of the hot spring water, which flows directly into the reservoir and stores it to form an artesian bath.
When I was really immersed, I was really timid, and foreign tourists really did not dare to soak in the hot springs and bathe in the open air, even if it was the original natural free hot spring water, which also deterred us.
Try to probe the water temperature with your hand, it's hot!
On the high cliff wall, the four large red characters of "Naked Bath Hot Spring" are very conspicuous. It is the sign of the commercial development of "Tanghe Naked Bath Hot Spring Resort", and the "Tang Pond" exists separately as a folk bathing area of the resort for tourists to visit, tour and bathe free of charge. High-standard commercial bathing is on the south side of the folk area, less than 100 meters apart, and there is another rainbow bridge.
When encountering activities that are being carried out, netizens with more than 1,000 pure douyin fans can get 1 free bath ticket, and peers can enjoy a certain number of discounts.
Unfortunately, the big bosses in the line are not the masters of playing vibrato, and the number of fans is pitifully less than three digits, and they can only buy tickets to enter the hot spring.
The resort is divided into many pools, as well as a large hot spring pool and cave pool, which is a pleasant surprise. The water temperature of each pool varies slightly, but it is all natural hot spring water. Look at its introduction, there is also a naked bath area, villa area, we did not dare to try, one is "strange", the other is reluctant to spend money.
After enjoying the free health tea, complete the "soaking soup" tour of Tanghe Hot Spring Town.