hot spring
2. Hot spring, located in the southwest of Anqiu City, west of Zhuliu-Kongjiazhuang Highway, northeast of Hongshagou town Hot Spring Village, 36 kilometers away from Anqiu City. Because spring water gushes from underground cracks, the water temperature is about 25℃, so it is named hot spring. The Annals of Anqiu County in the Ming Dynasty said: "The hot spring is seventy miles southwest of the county seat, and the bath spring is also there." Hot springs, as the name implies, are warm water springs. Hot springs are a unique group of springs. There are countless springs within 300 square meters in Fiona Fang, Fiona Fang. After a long drought, springs are inexhaustible, competing to emerge, like strings of pearls. The biggest one is called "Sea Eye", and the spring water gurgles outward. The water is fast, clear and sweet, and the scenery is charming. According to legend, in ancient times, grandpa and his wife from Yishan went to Penglai to ask for immortals. Not long after Da 'an Mountain, the queen fell ill and was exhausted. She was surprised to see the strange spring of the hot spring, so she fell into the sedan chair and bathed herself, feeling refreshed and bored. Later, he often took the queen to the spring to bathe and play, and also handed down scriptures and applied medicine to help the people. He also took pine nuts from Yishan to Sotou Mountain.
1966, people built a pond dam under the spring to store water, in which fish and lotus roots were planted, and pieces of bamboo were planted outside the dam. In winter, the spring surface is hot and the pond is filled with smoke. In summer, willows droop, bamboos rustle and lotus flowers bloom, which is a fascinating sight. 1In August, 973, a large pumping station was built in the east of Wenquan Village to pump water from the pool to irrigate Dongshan farmland. 1In February, 978, Fan Meilan, captain of Iron Girl Team of Hot Spring Brigade of Shinanqiao Commune, was elected as a representative of the National People's Congress to attend the first meeting of the Fifth National People's Congress. In the same year, the "Iron Girl Team" was awarded the National "March 8th" Red Flag Collective. 1April, 984, Wenquan township government fully developed and utilized the hot spring water resources, so that every household had sweet tap water. 1985, the village invested in the construction of a high-standard tilapia breeding base, which is the first unit in Weifang to breed tropical fish with natural warm water. In 2002, Weifang Fisheries Bureau succeeded in breeding "Chinese sturgeon" in hot springs.
According to Shandong Tongzhi, "Hot springs, where water can bathe, flow northward into Brunei." The big river to the west of Wenquan Village is called Wenquan River, which flows into Wenhe River from south to north, with a total length of 16.4 km, a river width of more than 80 meters and a drainage area of 63 square kilometers. There are three small reservoirs in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River: Changjialing, Heluo and Dataoyuan. The Nanqiao Reservoir downstream, with a storage capacity of 5 million cubic meters, is an important water supply place for the Red shagou town. The specialty of the river is very famous. Soft-shelled turtle, crucian carp, horse mouth fish, river crab and river snail are all good dishes for guests to drink. Shangxia Hot Spring River is rich in cultural heritage and has a long history of humanity. There is the former site of Suoyang City in the upper reaches, 600 meters in front of Suotou Mountain, which is now called Daxiaozi area; There is an old city site downstream, which is listed as a provincial key cultural relics protection unit.
According to the research of scientific research department, hot spring water contains a lot of minerals and trace elements, which is a rare natural mineral spring. Soaking in hot spring water can prevent and treat various skin diseases. Hot springs have not only good springs and water, but also rich mineral resources nearby. At present, more than a dozen varieties such as iron ore, serpentine, limestone, porcelain stone, mica and shale have been proved and mined. Today's hot springs can be described as "a treasure trove of geomantic omen".