Wuxi Jiangnan Hot Spring
- Location
- Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
- Water type
- sodium chloride
- Temperature
- 36 °C
- pH
- 7.3
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Dense, salty water — you float without effort.
Wuxi Jiangnan Hot Spring, in the city of Wuxi on the shores of Lake Taihu in Jiangsu Province, draws on calcium-rich thermal waters in the heart of the Jiangnan ('south of the river') cultural region — China's most prosperous and refined historical civilization zone, where the gardens of Suzhou, the canals of Hangzhou, and the silk and brocade workshops of the Yangtze Delta created what imperial Chinese literati considered the earthly paradise. The naturally warm calcareous thermal waters, emerging from deep geological formations beneath the Taihu basin, are used in resort thermal bathing that reflects the sophisticated urban wellness culture of Jiangsu's affluent cities. Wuxi's position on Lake Taihu — the third-largest freshwater lake in China, surrounded by famous tea gardens (Yangxian tea is one of China's ten great teas), classical garden villas, and the dramatic Taihu rock formations that were treasured by Song dynasty emperors as the finest garden stones in China — makes Jiangnan Hot Spring a thermally active component of one of China's most culturally refined landscapes.