Dagunguo Scenic Resort

Hot Sea Hot Spring in Tengchong is one of the best quality hot springs in China. The water smells strongly of sulfer. We steam eggs in the hot springs, and people steam corn as well. Truly natural wonders and beauty. #merrychristmas #merrychristmas

Yunnan is a peculiar place, home to various ethnic groups who are adept at singing and dancing, and it also boasts a unique geographical and climatic environment. This trip to Yunnan finally brought me to the long-awaited Baoshan Tengchong, the hot spring capital on the western border of Yunnan. I arrived at the peculiar Rehai Geothermal Hot Springs Scenic Area. Surrounded by mist and the smell of sulfur, breathing in the strong sulfur aroma, I felt the scorching heat. Rehai's natural volcanic geothermal hot springs are numerous, with boiling hot spring water gushing out from the crevices, reaching temperatures of ninety-something degrees or even over a hundred degrees, giving an almost surreal feeling. Walking on the land heated by billions of years of volcanic geothermal activity, strolling through the forest, hot spring waterfalls pouring out, various hot spring eyes of all sizes, often forming beautiful colored rocks at the bottom due to the geothermal heat year-round. The bubbling Pearl Spring, the Sister Spring Eyes on either side, the legendary Pregnant Spring that is said to induce pregnancy, the Drumming Spring with its drum-like water flow... I marveled at nature's craftsmanship every step of the way! Passing through the Science and Culture Corridor, learning about various knowledge of Tengchong's geothermal hot springs, was truly enlightening. The Rehai Boiling Pot is another highlight of Rehai's geothermal features, a large spring eye resembling a huge boiling pot, a popular spot for taking photos. There's also the Tengchong hot spring egg wrapped in straw, one of Yunnan's eighteen oddities, along with peanuts, potatoes, and more, all of which can be steamed with the hot steam from the springs. If you get too hot from walking, you can also try a Rehai hot spring cultural and creative internet-famous ice cream, so dress lightly. Of course, you can also take home some of Rehai's sulfur soap and volcanic rocks, which are very useful. If you have time, you can also soak in the hot springs of Rehai Bath Valley, truly a resort for escaping the cold and vacationing!

I visited Tengchong in mid-January 2024 Stayed in Heshun Ancient Town. The entrance ticket was 55 yuan per person. Ticket checks are required when entering and moving around the town, but if you don't have your ticket, you can report your ID number to look up the purchase record. After 7:30 pm, taking a taxi back allows you to avoid the ticket check. Stay: We stayed in the 'Colorful Clouds' room at Yifang Longtai Homestay, which offers a 270-degree panoramic view. The host was very warm-hearted and had turned on the bed's water heating before we arrived. Clothing: During this season, Tengchong is quite cool in the morning and evening, but warm at noon. There's no need for short sleeves, but do bring sunscreen. Transport: You can walk around Heshun Ancient Town, and taking a taxi to the scenic spots outside the town is not far. Driving in the town is inconvenient as it often requires navigating narrow roads. Sights: In the morning, you can finish touring Heshun Ancient Town in half a day, where there's a morning market that you can visit with your ticket. You can also visit the Heshun Library. In the afternoon, bring a swimsuit to the Rehai 'Big Rolling Pot'. You can buy tickets through the accommodation, which might be cheaper. When in Tengchong, you must experience the hot springs. We chose Rehai because it's more authentic. Of course, there are also some five-star hotels with hot springs. Rehai is known for its sulfur hot springs, but there are also other types like carbonic acid springs. Other hotel hot springs mainly offer carbonic acid springs. The next morning, we went to the Great Earth Tea Sea, but I must remind you that it's not the tea-picking season now, so there really isn't much to see or do. You might try it in early spring. In the afternoon, we went to the Wetland Park, which is great for taking photos. I also tried a cup of Dendrobium drink.

Tengchong Rehai Hot Spring 'Big Boiling Pot' 🌊 Dear friends! 🔥 The Tengchong Rehai Hot Spring 'Big Boiling Pot' is no joke! This is the geothermal hot spring wonder of Tengchong, Yunnan. The sights of steam vents, steaming ground, and hot water erupting into the sky are simply like something out of a fairyland! 🎫 Ticket Price: 50 yuan, easily affordable! Available on various online platforms, and no reservation needed! 🕗 Opening Hours: From 8 am to 6 pm, plenty of time for a fun visit! 🚗 Transportation: About 20 kilometers from the city center, just a half-hour drive. You can also take the No. 2 bus! 🚶‍♀️ Duration of Visit: Approximately 3.5 hours. It takes 15 minutes to walk from the main entrance to the entrance of the scenic area, but there are electric shuttle cars inside the scenic area, which will get you there in just 4 minutes! 🌟 Attractions: 'Big Boiling Pot', 'Hot Dragon Holding Pearls', 'Drumming Spring', 'Pearl Spring', 'Spectacles Spring', 'Pregnancy Well', 'Fairy Bathing Pond', 'Lion Head', 'Toad Mouth', each one is worth seeing! 🥚 Cuisine: Don't forget to try the geothermally steamed eggs and quail eggs tied with grass rope! There are also peanuts! ⚠️ Safety Tips: Most of the spring eyes here are 97°C boiling water, so be sure to follow the regulations of the scenic area and pay attention to safety!

🚄Departure: Take the high-speed train to Baoshan, then transfer to a bus to Tengchong, about two hours in total. 🏨Accommodation: Choose to stay in Banting in Heshun Ancient Town, where the environment is quiet and elegant, and the boss is enthusiastic and thoughtful. 🥢Food: Let's taste the special food of Tengchong together! ❣️Niu Niu's Copper Pot Beef: The copper pot beef here is one of the local specialties, not to be missed. ❣️Mom's Taste: As a popular restaurant in the ancient town, Mom's Taste is famous for its unique fresh taste and the mixed flavor of tea and wine. The boss will also serve a small cup of Pu'er tea wine, which is unique. ❣️Thin Bean Powder: The taste is a bit like Beijing's face tea, but completely different, thin bean powder is made from peas, served with fried dough sticks, delicious. 🗺️Itinerary: Day 1⃣️: Heshun Ancient Town - A famous hometown of overseas Chinese in Yunnan Province, a key town on the ancient tea-horse road, and a must-pass place on the Southwest Silk Road. The ancient town is built around the mountain, with ancestral halls, archways, and ancient houses from the Ming and Qing Dynasties scattered throughout the town, feeling the accumulation of history. ❣️Wanlouzi Civil Residence Museum: In addition to being a residence, it is also the nickname of the Li family of the famous firm 'Yongmaohe'. Named for the building's curve along the alley, it is unique. ❣️Cun's Ancestral Hall: One of the eight major ancestral halls in the ancient town, the South Asian-style gate highlights the overseas Chinese temperament. ❣️Heshun Library: Built in 1928, it is a rural library founded by overseas Chinese from Myanmar in the township. The library has more than 110,000 books, and there are inscriptions from masters such as Hu Shi. ❣️Wenchang Palace: Built during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, it is used to worship Wenchang Emperor, who is in charge of literature and fame. ❣️Heshun Alley: Built along the Heshun Sanhe River, it consists of nearly 10,000 square meters of ancient buildings. It includes the old house of Zhang Songlin, the general soldier of Tengyue Town at the end of the Qing Dynasty, which is adjacent to Heshun Wetland and has beautiful scenery. In the alley, you can also enjoy intangible cultural heritage projects such as ancient papermaking and shadow play. ❣️Laundry Pavilion: It was built for local women to wash clothes. It tells the story of the predecessors of Heshun going abroad to seek development. ❣️Other attractions: Wild Duck Lake, Liu's Ancestral Hall, Hundred Years Archway, Li's Ancestral Hall, Longtan, Yuanlong Pavilion, God of Wealth Temple, Zhongtian Temple, Thousand Hands Guanyin Ancient Tree Group, etc., are also worth a visit. Day 2⃣️: Rehai - There are more than 80 air springs and hot spring groups here, among which the water temperature of 10 hot spring groups exceeds 90℃. Enjoy the fun of soaking in hot springs on this land full of steam. ❣️Spring Flower Skirt: Colorful folded sediments formed by long-term flowing high-temperature spring water. ❣️Glasses Spring: Composed of two adjacent spring eyes, like a pair of glasses. The spring water temperature on the left is 96℃, and on the right is 92.6℃. ❣️Pearl Spring: Named after the bubbles that pop up like pearls, the water temperature reaches 96℃. ❣️Drumming Spring: When the spring water gushes, it makes a 'dong dong' drum sound, hence the name. The water temperature is 96℃. ❣️Pregnancy Well: Named after the beautiful legend of 'spring water can help pregnancy', the water temperature is 88℃. ❣️Rehai Big Pot: The diameter is about 6.12 meters, the water depth is 1.5 meters, and the water surface temperature is 96.6°C. This is an octagonal large boiling spring with three main water outlets. The largest one sprays water like a column, jumping 30 cm above the water surface, and the water outlet temperature reaches 102°C. 🎈Whether it's Heshun Ancient Town or Rehai Hot Spring, it can bring you an unforgettable winter weekend trip. Come and feel the unique charm of Tengchong!

Visiting the Tengchong Hot Sea scenic area in Yunnan in winter feels like spring. The steaming hot spring water flows down the mountain stream, the trees are all green, and the suitable temperature makes you want to jump into the hot spring as soon as possible to relax. Tengchong Hot Sea is one of the places with the richest geothermal resources in the Tengchong area. The famous Hot Sea Big Pot, the spring water that comes out is close to 100 degrees all year round, such hot water must be cooled before bathing.

The Volcano Hot Sea Tourist Area is located in Tengchong, the first city on the extreme edge of the southwestern part of the motherland. It is the only national 5A scenic spot in the country that is characterized by unique volcanic hot spring resources. The boiling spring that gurgles like boiling water and can cook food - Dagunguo, I believe every tourist is deeply impressed. In fact, Tengchong Rehai is not a sea, but a steaming canyon. The heat refers to geothermal heat. There is a bath river valley area in the tributary of Daying River, surrounded by towering mountains and dense forests. A peculiar landscape appears in the middle of this valley, which is Rehai. Entering the Rehai scenic area, the entire valley is filled with mist, full of sulfur smell, the scenery is looming, and there is an immediate feeling of floating, as if coming to a fairyland. As early as the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Dagunguo enjoyed the reputation of 'a hot sea', and Xu Xiake, who visited this place more than 300 years ago, gave a detailed description of 'Dagunguo'. The diameter of Dagunguo is about 6.12 meters, the water depth is 1.5 meters, and the water temperature is 96.6°C. It is an octagonal large boiling spring; Huaitaijing is rich in trace elements, which can promote metabolism and regulate endocrine, and is known as the Guanyin of nature... Other must-see attractions include Drumming Spring, Pearl Spring, Glasses Spring (Sister Spring), Frog Mouth, Lion Head, Immortal Bath (Beauty Pool), etc. There are two steam pots next to Dagunguo, which use hot steam to cook food. Soon, you can taste boiled eggs, small potatoes, peanuts🥜; in the bath valley, beauty pool, you can also soak in hot springs. 🎫Ticket: 55 yuan, online price 50 yuan 🚗Transportation: Take the train to Baoshan Station, then transfer to the bus to Tengchong. Then take a taxi or rent a car to the scenic area

Tengchong is a famous geothermal scenic area in China, among which the most vigorous and externally displayed is the Rehai scenic area. In fact, Rehai is not a sea, but a steaming canyon , where 'Re' means geothermal. Due to geological movements, there are many fountains , gas springs, boiling springs, among which the Rehai Big Rolling Pot, is full of vitality of life, showing the infinite charm of nature. 🌟Highlights Geothermal Museum: China's first museum themed on volcanoes and geothermal. The museum displays knowledge and objects about volcanoes, geothermal, hot springs, etc. Toad Mouth Fountain: The entrance of Rehai Scenic Area, the Toad Mouth Fountain is named for its resemblance to an 'open-mouthed toad', and is the only pulsating hot spring in the country. Pearl Spring: An area characterized by the Pearl Spring Eye. Pregnancy Well: A magical well, it is said that drinking the water from the well can help with pregnancy. Big Rolling Pot: This is the representative attraction of Rehai Scenic Area and one of the twelve scenes of Tengchong, a circular pool with a diameter of 6.12 meters and a water temperature of up to 96.6℃. 👉Recommended tour route: Main entrance (east gate) → Geothermal Museum → Toad Mouth → Pearl Spring → Pregnancy Well → Rehai Big Rolling Pot → East Gate 📝Tips: 1⃣It is not recommended to buy eggs at the entrance of the scenic area, as you have to carry them all the way to the Big Rolling Pot to steam them. The steaming time for eggs is quite long, you can buy eggs steamed in the scenic area for 2 yuan each, ignore this if you want to experience it yourself😜 2⃣The scenic area does not walk back, uphill steps, downhill is flat, it is recommended to take the sightseeing bus back, the journey is very short only a few hundred meters 3⃣There is also a geological museum🏠 in the scenic area, it is recommended to visit if you are with children 4⃣The scenic area is hotter than the city , if it is summer, it is recommended to come in the morning, less people and not so hot 5⃣There is a hot spring foot bath next to the Big Rolling Pot, if you don't plan to take a hot spring bath, you can soak your feet, eat a hot spring egg and rest for a while 6⃣Natural sulfur springs have a 'stinky egg' smell, which is more obvious when you get close, you can prepare a mask in advance😷 7⃣There are some high-temperature boiling springs in the scenic area, be careful when visiting and taking pictures, don't get too close, and don't stay too long, in case of discomfort 📍Scenic Area Address: Rehai Scenic Area, Tengchong City, Yunnan Province 💰Tickets: 🎫Scenic Area Ticket: 50 yuan/person Free: Children under 6 years old or under 1.2 meters in height, elderly people over 70 years old Half price: Minors aged 6~18, elderly people aged 60~70, students (student ID required) 🎫Hot Spring Ticket: 258 yuan (Beauty Pool/Bath Valley 2 choose 1) 🎫Sightseeing Bus Ticket: 10 yuan one way, 15 yuan round trip 🎫Scenic Area Package: 280 yuan/person (entrance ticket + hot spring 2 choose 1 + Big Rolling Pot rice noodles + round trip sightseeing bus) 📢Tour Time: About 3 hours ⏰Opening Hours: Scenic Area: 08:00-19:00, Hot Spring: 9:30-23:30 🚘Public Transportation: Take bus No. 2, 7, 9, 12 in the city to the 'Tourist Passenger Station' bus stop, take the Rehai special line, ticket price 3 yuan (cash/scan code are available)

The steam of the hot sea is steaming, creating a dreamy fairyland ❤Recommended reason: There are numerous hot springs in Tengchong, like a string of beautiful pearls embellishing this border city, which is a spectacle of great ornamental value. Among them, the hot sea surrounded by green mountains is particularly extraordinary, with dozens of springs boiling continuously, spraying pearls everywhere, spitting fog and steaming clouds, creating a dreamy fairyland. 🌟Highlights: Hot Sea Big Rolling Pot, Frog Mouth, Lion Head, Spring Flower Skirt... The heat is steaming, the hot springs are surging, they spray with the essence of the underground fire as firewood, and the passion from the burning of the earth's veins is thin, and they form a variety of strange springs on the ground. It turns out that hot springs can also be varied. 👍Most recommended: Many tourists will buy a string of raw eggs strung with grass ropes at the entrance of the scenic spot and put them into the hot spring to cook along the way. Put the eggs in the "boiling pot" to cook, and cook a unique string of "geothermal eggs". It only takes a few minutes for the eggs to be fully cooked. The taste is slightly sulphuric, which has a unique taste in the mouth and leaves a long aftertaste.

☕️Drinking coffee Baoshan, Yunnan is an outstanding representative of Chinese coffee, known at home and abroad. When you come to Baoshan, you must experience the coffee culture 1⃣️Berton Manor From coffee beans to coffee and then to coffee feast, in this place that looks like a southern French manor, you can taste the different flavors of coffee 2⃣️Hukuo Coffee Manor Drinking coffee is a pleasure, living in a coffee manor, and taking in the first coffee village in China is even more enjoyable. I really don't want everyone to know about this little-known treasure manor. . ♨️Soaking in hot springs The fame of Baoshan hot springs, I believe I don't need to say more 1⃣️Tengchong Rehai Hot Spring Just the Rehai big boiling pot, a hot spring egg makes people fascinated 2⃣️Bangla Palm Hot Spring "The first strange soup in western Yunnan", here the mountains are high and the valleys are deep, the woods are lush, the heat is steaming, soak in it, and the fatigue will disappear . 📷Heshun Ancient Town Of course, when you come to Tengchong, you have to go to Heshun Ancient Town. This is the city at the end of the world in Xu Xiake's mouth. It is a place with diverse cultures, heavy history, full of dreams and legends, and also a ancient town full of life, worth strolling slowly. Check-in points: 1⃣️Heshun Library 2⃣️Mabang Tea Room 3⃣️Boat Dock 4⃣️Century-old Vegetable Street In fact, every angle in the ancient town has different scenery. Here, you don't have to pursue check-in positions, just stroll around and take pictures casually. . Left hand coffee right hand tea In Yunnan, be slower, be lazier, that's right

Tengchong is a city with the most dense volcanic volcanoes. There are 97 active volcanoes in the dormant period, and 23 of them can see the complete crater. The best hot springs in Tengchong are located in the hot sea of the Tengchong volcanic geological belt. One of the most famous three rolls in Atami is the hot sea big rolling pot, which is known as the Chinese hot spring pilgrimage site. The average water temperature is more than 100 degrees. The surrounding heat is transpiration, like a spa for the whole body, even the pores. Open slowly. The first strange egg in Yunnan 18 is from here. The other hot springs are boiled eggs. Here, they are steamed with hot steam. They are cooked in ten minutes and keep the original taste of the eggs. Gently peeling off the eggshell, the protein is smooth like a bean flower, the egg yolk is just solidified, and the visual and taste are satisfied. Eat hot spring eggs with unique taste, enjoy the cupping service that can excrete the cold, and release the pressure in the ultimate enjoyment. If you want to enjoy a warm and intimate place in a quiet and comfortable place, the independent hot spring room is a good choice. Soak in the hot misty baths, experience the taste of the open-air moon-buying soup, blend in with nature, and understand the ideal realm of heaven and man, and feel the beauty that nature has bestowed.

Atami Hot Rolling Pan is the main attraction of the hot sea area. It is the heart of the hot sea. It was once named one hot sea by the ancients and was included in the Tengchong 12 scenes. It has a diameter of 6.12 meters and a water depth of 15 meters. The bottom of the pot has three water spray holes. The water inflow is 0.94 liters/second and the water surface temperature is 96.6C. The temperature at the bottom of the pot can reach 102C. If you want to eat steamed fish, steamed eggs, steamed mushrooms and other volcanic hot springs, remember to make an appointment in advance, the price is about 1000 yuan.