Legend has it that in ancient times, Shao Yan, a Japanese imperial doctor, discovered Daohou Hot Springs, which shows that Japanese people used hot springs very early. The formation of Japanese hot spring culture is objectively the result of Japanese creation influenced by China hot spring culture. Japanese people call hot springs "soup", which means hot water and boiled water, and its etymology comes from China. According to legend, in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, there was a kind of dish specially used for bathing, called "soup plate", which was engraved with inscriptions such as "ancient days are new, mud is new, mud is new". Unfortunately, the soup plate has long been lost, leaving only the sigh that "Tang plate, a Confucian tripod, is a thing of the ages, not because of its shape, but because of its inscription" (Han Bei by Li Shangyin). The Japanese believe that "soaking in water" means soaking in hot springs, which can not only keep a clean body and a clean body, but also wash away mental depression. "One wash can correct appearance, and one wash can cure all diseases", which can not only relieve physical diseases, but also treat mental diseases. When bathing, people relax their bodies, release their hearts, and reach a state of returning to nature through frank meeting. "Tangwu" appeared in Japan from Kamakura and Muromachi times, and in Edo and Meiji times, "Qian Tang" has become an indispensable activity place in people's daily life. There are more than 2,500 public bathhouses in Tokyo, and Japanese people also have bathing facilities at home, but they still like to go to "Qian Tang". While relaxing in hot springs, the exchange of information embodies the most distinctive social consciousness in Japanese human nature and becomes a unique "money soup culture".

China has a long history of hot spring culture. In ancient times, Chinese working people worshipped Renfu and Ding Qian as "gods of hot springs". There are many folk customs of offering sacrifices to Tang Shen in our country. Hani babies use hot springs to "wash three" three days after birth; People in jingshan county, Hubei Province soak hot springs for babies under the full moon; People near Linyi Hot Springs have held a three-day "soup party" in Tomb-Sweeping Day for generations. It was a sea of people, and people from all over the country gathered together. According to legend, on this day, Tang Shen appeared, and drinking Tang Quan before the Five Watches can "fear diseases and eliminate disasters"; In Nujiang Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, on the third day after the Spring Festival, they all gathered in Denggeng Hot Spring, singing and dancing to hold a grand hot spring song party, and men, women and children were taking a bath.

There are 3 159 hot springs in China, which are widely distributed and complete in types, covering almost all types of hot springs in the world. "Creations are blind, geothermal hot springs flow boiling water; These precious geothermal resources have been developed for more than 4,000 years, and the land of China is full of dazzling hot spring culture flowers. " The dragon dies quietly, Tang Chi flows into the river, Zhu Huolian is underground, plain smoke is beside the sand, the pearl is boiling in the moon, and the mirror contains the sky. "This is a paean of Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, to Yingcheng Hot Springs in Hubei. Who burns Huang Danyan and Yaochi water? When guests come to fight for belts, they will never be washed again. "This is a paean of Dali scholar Zhu to Huanglong Hot Spring in Lushan Mountain." Thirty-six peaks are high in the sky, and Yao Yu in Qiongtai is immortal. If Songyang is combined with Huangshan Mountain, it will not be a spring. "This is a wonderful evaluation of Huangshan Hot Springs. The biggest feature of China's hot spring culture is that it is scattered in local chronicles with a history of more than 2,000 years, which is called "one-sided overview". These local chronicles record the discovery, water quality characteristics, myths and legends, poetry couplets and the efficacy of hot springs in a certain place, which are informative and scientific. Together, it is an encyclopedia of hot spring culture in China. If we read Tianshui County Records, we can know that Wushan Hot Spring in Gansu is an extremely precious radon spring at home and abroad. Wushan is close to Qishan Ancient Castle, Jieting Ancient Battlefield, Han Fei Li Guang General Cemetery and Maijishan Grottoes, which is known as the "Oriental Sculpture Museum". It is a fascinating tourist attraction. When we read Li Gang's hot spring poem "Yu Jinchi, Wu Yu Lanfang, the First Soup of Huaqing through the ages", why don't we just walk into Litchi Township like this spring water? "We can't help but revel in the beautiful scenery of litchi soaking in hot springs. We can see that" after two years of pseudo-Fujian Tiande, we occupied the city and sent it to the country, and Jin Polo returned to the Tao, and from time to time he developed sores and scabs. China is a big country in poetry, and local chronicles are a unique cultural heritage in China. A large number of hot spring poems and rare hot spring stories compiled by local chronicles are two treasures of hot spring culture in China and are indispensable to other countries in the world. China's description of hot spring's elite culture and popular culture coexist and reflect each other, and its literary form is rich and colorful, which is another feature of hot spring culture in China.

China is an ancient country with a civilization of 5,000 years. The Chinese nation is hardworking, intelligent and creative, and is good at using hot springs. Its use of hot springs is all-round: in Huaqing Palace written by Wang Jian in the Tang Dynasty, there is a willow temple in front of a hundred-storey building with wine curtains. By the Tang Dynasty, the working people in our country knew how to use hot springs to grow melons and fruits. Some counties also use hot spring water to irrigate rice three times a year; Hunan people use grey soup hot spring water to raise delicious ducks; Liaoning people give women five springs of Xingcheng, which can dredge menstruation and lactation, promote blood circulation and relieve pain; Han Huang, a painter in the Tang Dynasty, suffered from a malignant disease and was cured by bathing in Tangshan Hot Spring in Nanjing. In order to thank "Shenquan" Han Huang, he also donated his daughter's dowry money to build "Sheng Xiang yanshou temple", which shows how deep China people's love for hot springs is! The use of hot springs can be said to have reached a high level. " Bathing in spring, the rising sun is solid. Soaking in hot springs in summer can dispel the heat. Soak in spring water in autumn to moisten the lungs and intestines. Wash the pool in winter, and the abdomen is warm. "The most brilliant achievement of using hot springs in China is to create a hot spring for breeding-"Chinese soup ". Our ancestors added processed ganoderma lucidum, aloe vera, Sanya, ginseng, chrysanthemum, milk, wine and vinegar to the hot spring water, which played a very good role in curing diseases and preserving health. This is a great creation that inherits the traditional medical achievements of Huangdi Neijing, Suwen and Chunqiu Jingui Yaolue. Qu Yuan's "Lisao" has a cloud, "Bathing orchid soup makes people feel fragrant", soaking in a hot spring, surrounded by flowers and trees, the spring water gurgling and the bright moon pine. Just like a poem written by the ancients after soaking chrysanthemums in hot springs in Ruzhou, Henan, and ginseng chicken soup regained its vitality, "The secret spring falls on Kongtong Mountain, and the hot springs flow widely. Solve Shen Shen Ju Shui and eat Jie Xie Lan Tang. The source takes the marrow of Kun Yuan Yuan's soul, the gas takes the essence of inflammation, and the fragrance is overflowing. It's like taking a bath in Huaqing and applying ointment. "China Decoction has cured thousands of patients in Qian Qian and made immortal contributions to people's longevity. 600 years ago, Zheng He, the eunuch of the Ming Dynasty's Sambo, went to the Western Ocean seven times, which also made China Tang make great efforts overseas. Wang Jinghong, tied with Zheng He, once asked eunuchs to add flowers and warm soup in Southeast Asia, and treated many local people, which was widely praised by the people in Southeast Asia. Even Japan, known as the country of hot springs, is famous for its "soup therapy". China soup is the essence of hot spring culture in China.