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A hot spring in Huangqiao Village, Maogang Town, on the upper reaches of the Huangpu River, is applying for the national accreditation as Shanghai’s first hot spring.
“I never expected Shanghai to have its own hot spring,” said Zhang Yue, general secretary of China Hot Spring Association. “But it’s true. I saw one on my field trip to Songjiang.”
The Song 33-1 Mine is rich in mineral water. Situated in bed rock as deep as 220 meters underground, the water has a temperature of over 25-degrees Celsius when it reaches the surface.
The water contains many trace elements, such as strontium and partial acid, which can be absorbed by the skin and help ease cardiovascular diseases.
A report from the Shanghai Institute of Rock and Soil Geology concludes that more than 20,000 years ago, the hot spring site was a water body that gradually sank over the centuries. Rainwater was filtered as it dropped through layers of earth, ending up in a perfectly sealed and completely sterile environment.
The waters of the hot spring now just spill out into surrounding forest.
Zhang said the site could be dug deeper to get better quality water. It should be developed, he said, into a tourist site.
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