The History and Culture of Xiaotangshan

Xiaotangshan, an ancient hot spring town, has a profound hot spring culture. 165438+2005 10, which was named "the hometown of hot springs in China" by China Mining Association. Xiaotangshan hot spring has a history of 1500 years according to written records. Southern and Northern Dynasties

During the period, Li Daoyuan of the Northern Wei Dynasty recorded in the Notes on Water Classics that "wet water flows eastward, crosses Changping County, and is injected with warm water, which has the effect of treating diseases"; In the Yuan Dynasty, the court regarded the hot springs in Xiaotangshan as "holy soup"; Xiaotangshan hot spring is used for medicinal bath, which was recorded as early as in Da Tong Yuan Zhi. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Xiaotangshan was turned into a forbidden place for feudal emperors to travel around the world. Emperor Qianlong built Tangquan Palace here, and wrote the inscription "Jiuhua Xixiu". The bath ruins of Empress Dowager Cixi still exist today. In Xiaotangshan Sanatorium, the handwriting of the former site of Cixi Bathroom and the imperial pen "Jiuhua Xixiu" written by Qianlong is preserved. Tangshan Park was built in the Republic of China, and was devastated by war during the Anti-Japanese War. After the founding of New China, Xiaotangshan sanatorium was built here, and Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and other party and state leaders visited here many times. When Guo Moruo, a great writer, visited Xiaotangshan, he improvised a poem "Nian Nu Jiao Yong Xiaotangshan this spring".