Rich in active gases or metals — a strong mineral character.
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Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
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Zhōng Lún Wenquan — 'Central Wheel Hot Spring' — is a naturally sulphurous geothermal spring in China, its name invoking the image of a turning wheel — a symbol of cosmic continuity in Buddhist thought, where the Dharma Wheel represents the perpetual turning of truth and liberation — applied to the naturally circulating, endlessly renewed hot spring water. The image of the wheel in Chinese Buddhist and Daoist tradition carries associations of cosmic order, continuous renewal, and the cyclical return of natural energies, making it an apt metaphor for a geothermal spring whose water perpetually rises from the earth in an endless cycle of geothermal renewal. The spring provides warm, naturally sulphurous mineral water in a setting enriched by symbolic depth.
Insider tip — Zhong Lun Wenquan is set in Guanziling, one of Taiwan's most celebrated hot spring districts, famous for its rare mud-spring water that emerges a grayish-brown due to volcanic clay particles suspended in the sulfurous flow. The springs here emerge from the foothills of the Central Mountain Range in Chiayi County, where volcanic activity along fault lines pushes mineral-rich water upward through ancient mudstone. The unusual opaque water is locally prized for its skin-softening properties and has attracted visitors since the Japanese colonial era. The surrounding hills are covered in flame trees that blaze red in early spring.
