In fact, the history of soaking in hot springs can be traced back to the Qin Dynasty. Qin Shihuang discovered and built Lishan Hot Springs for recuperation and vacation. After the Han Dynasty, in order to meet the needs of nobles, some temples began to build artificial hot springs for the entertainment of dignitaries. In the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong specially built the "Hot Spring Palace", and the poet also left many creations, describing the scene of hot spring beauty, which shows the long history and culture of hot springs in China. But hot springs, soaking in water, and really entering the people should start from the Song Dynasty.
Private public bathrooms opened to the public appeared for the first time in Song Dynasty. By the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, public bathrooms had bath, pedicure, back tapping and other services, and their leisure functions were perfect. In the Song Dynasty, due to the large number and rapid development of public bathrooms, the bathing industry association appeared, which was then called "perfume line". It can be seen that there is not much difference between our contemporary bathing culture and ancient times.
Distribution of natural hot springs:
1, Tangshan Hot Spring: Tangshan Hot Spring is located in Tangshan Street, Jiangning District, Nanjing. It is a world-famous hot spring resort, ranking first among the four hot spring resorts in China, and has the reputation of "Millennium Holy Soup, Health Paradise". Tangshan was called "hot spring" in ancient times, with a history of 1500 years. Thousands of years ago, Tangshan Hot Spring was named Royal Hot Spring during Liang Xiao's reign in the Southern Dynasties. Since the Southern Dynasties, dignitaries and scholars have come here to visit and bathe, and were named "Holy Spring" by the emperor during the Xiao Liang period in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
2. Changbai Mountain Hot Spring: Changbai Mountain Hot Spring is located in the north of Tianchi Lake in Baitou Mountain, Jilin Province. It is a hot spring group with a distribution area of 1000 square meters. The spring mouth is concentrated, steaming all the year round and filled with clouds. The temperature of spring water changes, and it remains the same all year round.
3. Tangquan Hot Spring: Tangquan Hot Spring is located at the foot of Laoshan National Forest Park in Pukou District, Nanjing. Tangquan Street, Pukou District, Nanjing, is famous for its hot springs and seedlings. It is named after hot springs and has a long history of hot springs. As early as the Southern Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, there was a record that "Emperor Xiaowu of Song viewed hot springs like Wei". According to records, Prince Liang Zhaoming often bathes in the Prince's Spring. Wang Anshi and Qin Shaoyou, famous Confucian scholars in Song Dynasty, came to take a bath in Tangquan. Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming emperor, visited Tangquan and bathed with Liu Bowen, the military adviser.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Hot Spring Bath.