Dazu Hot Springs
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- Location
- Dazu, Chongqing, China
- Water type
- bicarbonate
- Temperature
- 39 °C
- pH
- 8
Water profile
Relaxing — deep, immediate muscle release.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Dazu Hot Springs is a natural geothermal destination in the Dazu District of Chongqing Municipality, southwestern China, located close to one of the world's greatest concentrations of Buddhist rock carvings — the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Dazu Rock Carvings, which number over 50,000 sculpted figures carved into cliff faces between the 9th and 13th centuries. The bicarbonate mineral waters of the Dazu springs emerge from the karst and sedimentary geology of the Sichuan Basin at comfortable warm temperatures, and have been used for bathing and relaxation within the context of this ancient Buddhist cultural landscape. The hot springs offer a restorative complement to the profound artistic and spiritual experience of visiting the Dazu rock carvings, making the destination one of the most culturally enriched thermal experiences in all of China. A stay at Dazu Hot Springs invites visitors to immerse themselves simultaneously in the geological gifts of Chongqing's earth and the extraordinary creative heritage of its Buddhist past.