(4K) 白河水火同源 Fire and Water Spring
水火同源，又名水火洞、水火河，是一處水與火共存的自然景色，位於台灣台南市白河關子嶺風景區，枕頭山麓西南側，六重溪斷層附近上脊斜軸部上的石壁。壁上冒出的天然氣可使點燃的火焰不熄滅，同時又有泉水從崖壁細縫中潺潺流出，火噴其間，無煙亦無燄，形成水中有火，火中有水的特別景觀。
自康熙四十年(1701年)被白河大仙寺的參徹禪師發現後，火勢一直維持至今。1964年白河地震前一直是集中一束，火勢旺盛；地震之後，火焰分散自幾個孔隙冒出，火勢較弱，猶如水面浮花。台灣日治時期，鄉民刻一尊名為水火神君或稱不動神君的神像在出火處之上，以供膜拜。
Guanziling Water and Fire Cave hot spring 關仔嶺的水火同源
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FIRE hot springs! What other reason do you need to visit this place? Hopefully that should be enough, because there is not much else to see besides a natural gas fire and a hot spring. It's name Chinese literally means water and fire coming from the same source (水火同源). Some have called it one of the seven wonders of Taiwan. This is a place that we have wanted to go for a long time, and the first place that we have checked off of our “secret places” list.
The Fire and Water Hot Spring and Cave was supposedly discovered by a Fujianese monk from a nearby monetary on the mountain in Baihe. After the Japanese Colonial Period ended in Taiwan, the local people created a shrine here and placed a God atop the spring called “不動明王” “unmoving king.” The natural gas for the fire is supplied from the Liuchong River Fault that runs underneath the ground here. In 1964 there was an earthquake that apparently split the fire apart, whereas before the fire all came from one hole. Nowadays this place is a tourist destination that from which locals can cash in on by selling various snacks and merchandise.
Getting here:
We came south on National Highway 3 from Jiayi and exited near Tainan Baihe district. If you do not have a vehicle, Water and Fire hot spring can also be reached via Xinying Bus (新營客運) or tour bus.
EP8 Seeing Taiwan: King's Garden Villa Guanziling hot spring, 原味山產美食 and 桶仔雞 barrel roast chicken
關子嶺溫泉 Guanziling is a hot springs town in the district of Baihe (which translates to white river). The hot springs water here is slightly chalky due to the mineral deposits. It's not the easiest place to get to so we hired a driver at the Shangri La (TW$1,500 = £40 for the 1hr trip from Tainan to Guanziling).
The drive through the mountains was beautiful and our driver was able to tell us a lot about the area (his contact details below). There are plenty of resorts in Guanziling but King's Garden had a more boutique feel to it. The rooms, resort grounds and spa are all kept really well with lots of small details making it feel more cosy.
Each room/villa in the resort has it's own private hot spring which is pretty much 2 stone baths with hot spring taps. It was great to make use of our private spring while the main one was so busy. The cost of the room includes 1 night stay (with private spring), single access to the main spa, single access to the nude spa (we gave that a miss) and breakfast.
The main spa area has strict rules on swim wear and everyone must wear swim caps (otherwise refused entry). We stayed on a Sunday night so the main spa was packed with people during the day but it is open until 10pm so we went in around 8pm and most day guests had left so we almost had the whole place to ourselves!
The facilities at the spa are insane! They have everything you can think of and more. Not captured on the video was the steam and sauna rooms, lounging areas, feet warming/massage chairs and the Jacuzzi beds in the pool.
A short walk from the hotel is the main street which has some shops and restaurants. The must try dish is 桶仔雞 (barrel roast chicken) and pretty much every restaurant in the area either specializes in it or sells it. Slow cooking the chicken in the barrel is meant to keep it moist (it wasn't).
Here are the details of the places we visited:
1. Reliable English speaking taxi driver
(used from Tainan to Guanziling then also Guanziling to Chiayi HSR station)
Joseph Yen +886 921 511 189 (phone, whatsapp and line chat)
2. 景大渡假莊園 King's Garden Villa Resort
732, Taiwan, Tainan City, Baihe District, 關子嶺56號
3. 原味山產美食 Yuán Wèi Shān restaurant
732, Taiwan, Tainan City, Baihe District, 175縣道
(11/11/2018)
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Water and fire cave ( guanzilin, Tainan)
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This video is about the hot-spring town of Guanziling in southern Taiwan. I tried to include as much helpful info as possible, so it's a bit long. The image quality of the screen recording is not as good as expected, I shouldn't move the cursor so much, I shouldn't hit so hard on the mouse, I should write a script... I know! :) Lots of things to learn. Anyway, hope you find this video helpful. Let us know what you think, good or bad. Here are the links of the websites I opened in the video:
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Taiwan Railway Administration (Train Schedule)
Chiayi Bus Co. (only in Chinese)
Siraya National Scenic Area Administration
The King's Garden Villa
Toong Mao Spa Resort
Here is the Chinese name and adress for the restaurant in case you want to show it to a cab driver:
Rock Top Restaurant (岩頂自然休閒坊)
Add: No. 65-28, Guanling Li, Baihe District, Tainan City (台南市白河區關嶺里65-28號)
Tel: (06) 682-3339
And here's the address of the coffee shop on the Coffee Road:
Hoe vs. Flowers (大鋤花間)
Add: 109-17, Gaoyuan, Gaoyuan Village, Dongshan District, Tainan City (台南市東山區高原村高原109-17號)
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