Spring at Jinfo Mountain: Fly Kites, Taste Spring Flavors, Soak in Hot Springs, and Enjoy Family Time

Wake up naturally without the rush of an alarm clock, without the suffocating squeeze on the bus or light rail on the way to work, without facing the bland work lunchbox, without dragging your tired body home late at night... What kind of dreamy place is this?

This is the blooming spring, health-nurturing, eye- and palate-pleasing Tianxing Resort Area in Nanchuan, Chongqing, at the foot of Jinfo Mountain.

【Stroll Through Tianxing Town, Soak in Healthful Hot Springs】

Tianxing Town, located at the foot of the western slope of Jinfo Mountain, is an intangible cultural heritage town that combines leisure vacation, cultural charm, and business leisure.

In Tianxing Town, you can experience the waterfront commercial street or taste the local delicacies of Jinfo Mountain.

You can also visit the stage for photos and try your hand at weaving handmade bamboo crafts and daily utensils.

As an intangible cultural heritage town, its traveler's inn is worth experiencing.

With a blend of ancient charm and modern style, it integrates history and reality, allowing you to savor and remember every memorable stop on your life's journey.

If Jinfo Mountain is a fairy mountain for making wishes, then Tianxing Town at its foot is a joyful stop on earth before becoming immortal.

At the end of Tianxing Town lies Tianxing Hot Spring City.

Tianxing Hot Spring City features pure natural hot springs, rich in mineral salts and trace elements, beneficial for health—a healthy way to relax and nourish the body.

This is the ecological infinity pool of Tianxing Hot Spring, where you can swim in nearly 30°C water in a natural environment and even gaze at Jinfo Mountain!

Tianxing Hot Spring City offers many unique pools, such as health, azalea, osmanthus, and mugwort cold-dispelling pools, with temperatures ranging from 33°C to 40°C.

The hydrotherapy area and dynamic hot spring area are also worth trying. In this spring soaking season, bring your family or a few friends to lazily soak in hot springs, relax, relieve fatigue, absorb all the beauty of spring, and fully enjoy a leisurely healthful life.

Panoramic location map of Tianxing Hot Spring

The sunny days, dappled shadows, and leisurely strolls through Tianxing Town while soaking in hot springs—how pleasant!

【Stay at Tianxing Liangjiang Holiday Hotel, Savor Seasonal Spring Flavors】

Leaving Tianxing Town, we prepare to check into the adjacent Tianxing Liangjiang Holiday Hotel. With its elegant environment and pleasant scenery, this hotel is nestled in the forest. Enjoy mountain and water views during the day and gaze at stars at night.

The hotel's sunlit lobby and the long corridor connecting to the guest rooms are distinctive. During the day, you don't need to turn on lights; on warm sunny days, you can sit in the lobby lounge area and bask in the sunlight.

We stay in a standard scenic room on the fifth floor. Though not large, it is well-equipped, with comfortable beds and high-quality amenities. The balcony offers a view of light clouds and a gentle breeze, perfect for a wellness retreat.

The room has an electric card and two room cards, with attentive service.

The pajamas are of good quality, with separate colors for men and women, very considerate.

The bathroom is compact with a dry-wet separation, and the water temperature is warm.

After a short rest in the hotel, we enjoy afternoon tea and a special barbecue at the Guanxinge (Star-Gazing Pavilion).

Under the warm sun, sipping afternoon tea lets time fly freely...

The children-loved DIY barbecue livens up the entire pavilion, with aromas spreading...

Look how happy the child is enjoying the fruits of their own labor!

Staying at Tianxing Liangjiang Holiday Hotel, you feel the warmth of spring.

As the saying goes, "living off the mountain." Both Tianxing Town and the hotel offer dishes made from pure natural ingredients. Today, we choose to taste the health-preserving flavors of spring at the hotel.

Jinfo Mountain is famous for its square bamboo shoots (Fangzhu Sun). We first try a fine hand-peeled bamboo shoot: delicious, healthy, and eco-friendly. Its unique freshness, fragrance, tenderness, and crispness have earned it the titles "Crown of Bamboo Shoots" and "King of Shoots." Rich in multiple trace elements and vitamins, it is tender, thick, and flavorful.

Stir-fried fern moss with cured meat: Fern moss is nutritious, with a smooth texture, and has effects of lowering blood pressure, aiding digestion, and inhibiting bacteria. It is known as the "King of Mountain Delicacies." Stir-fried with cured meat, it becomes more delicious and nutritionally balanced. A pure, naturally pollution-free delicacy.

Spring sprout fried with goose egg: A seasonal dish, spring sprouts are the tender shoots of the Chinese toon tree, also called "vegetables on trees." They are not only nutritious but also have high medicinal value. They can strengthen the spleen, stimulate appetite, and increase digestive desire. Rich in vitamin E and sex hormones, they have anti-aging and yin-nourishing effects. Goose eggs are rich in vitamins and minerals, mainly in the yolk, with high iron, phosphorus, and calcium content that are easily absorbed. Lecithin in goose eggs is crucial for brain and nerve development.

Spring sprout mixed with broad beans: Another seasonal dish to savor.

Wild chive mixed with houttuynia cordata: Not only fragrant but also wild and eco-friendly, appetizing and healthful. For out-of-town guests, it might be a bit spicy; add some sugar or vinegar to balance the taste.

Eucommia bark with crispy pig kidney: The pig kidney is crispy and spicy, a restorative medicinal dish. Eucommia bark has sedative, analgesic, and anti-inflammatory effects, tonifying the liver and kidneys and strengthening bones and muscles. Pig kidney can benefit kidney qi and prevent back pain.

Lap cheong (cured sausage) with tea tree mushrooms: Tea tree mushrooms are high-protein, low-fat, low-sugar, and health-promoting edible fungi. They are delicious, but often feel dry and chewy. This restaurant's method is good: coat with starch and egg, fry, then stir-fry with cured sausage. The texture is soft, melts in the mouth, and the sausage flavor blends in—hard to stop eating.

Nourishing blood and qi soup: Main ingredients are pork tripe and Chinese yam. It is a medicinal soup brewed with Jinfo Mountain's Di Gu Pi (wolfberry root bark), cooked rehmannia, Eucommia bark, astragalus, and other herbs. According to introduction, it has effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, and regulating blood and qi.

Drink more nourishing soup—spring nourishment is important!

Zen-style Buddha Jumps Over the Wall: Made with Jinfo Mountain's mountain treasures—bamboo shoots, bamboo fungus, bamboo placenta, bamboo tripe, bamboo bird's nest, small abalone, sea cucumber, squid, and scallops, simmered in a thick broth to create a high-quality healthful dish. It can prevent dizziness, lower blood pressure, and beautify the skin. A must-try!

Golden pumpkin and purple sweet potato soup: Beautiful, delicious, and helps cut the spiciness. The purple sweet potato soup is very smooth, slightly sweet.

Handmade mushroom buns: Beautifully crafted, delicious but hard to bear to eat. Come and taste the spring flavors!

Tianxing Liangjiang Holiday Hotel has many delights. According to the hotel, for spring they also introduce special Tujia dishes: seasonal vegetable dishes, wild vegetable dumplings, toon sprout snacks, Jinfo Mountain spring pancakes, and high-altitude ecological wild vegetable pancakes...

After enjoying the spring flavors, you can walk 200 meters to Tianxing Town to see the beautiful night scenery.

During the First Jinfo Mountain High-Altitude Kite Flying and Blessing Festival (until April 30, 2021), Tianxing Town has specially set up a kite experience area and interactive zone for visitors, where you can DIY your own kite.

Of course, if you prefer to stay in, you can also enjoy the starry night sky from Tianxing Liangjiang Holiday Hotel.

Here, away from the city's hustle, you can find a paradise-like retreat and experience the warmth of home while away.

In the morning, you are no longer awakened by an annoying alarm clock, but by the cheerful songs of birds. After a nutritious breakfast with family, we prepare to head to Jinfo Mountain to fly kites.

【Fly Kites and Pray for Blessings on Jinfo Mountain】

Jinfo Mountain, also known as Golden Mountain, is Chongqing's only scenic area combining seven top honors: World Natural Heritage, National Scenic Area, National Forest Park, National Nature Reserve, National Natural Heritage, National First Batch of Science Education Base, and National 5A Tourist Attraction. Must-visit spots include Golden Turtle Facing the Sun, Ancient Buddha Cave, Cliffside Plank Walk, and Jinfo Temple.

On a vibrant spring day, come with me to relive childhood memories and fly kites on Jinfo Mountain.

The First Jinfo Mountain Kite Flying and Blessing Festival kicks off at the Qianniuping Prairie on the mountaintop (March 14, 12:00 noon).

At the opening ceremony, a dragon dance team performs and dots the eyes on a giant dragon kite, officially starting the festival.

Professional kite masters are invited to perform with large dragon and goldfish-shaped kites, providing a stunning visual experience.

At an altitude of over 2,000 meters, closer to the sky. Friends run with kites, letting all sizes, colorful, and various shaped kites dance in the wind, creating a beautiful spring panorama.

A special hand-painted kite station is set up for children to DIY and paint their own unique, stylish kite—enjoying quality parent-child time.

With bright spring sunshine, Jinfo Mountain not only has beautiful natural scenery but is also a famous Buddhist mountain. Thus, visiting Jinfo Temple to pray, climbing the prayer path, ringing the bell at the Guanyu Pavilion, hanging prayer locks and ribbons... are all essential experiences.

Jinfo Mountain is also a great place for family trips. You can even see the Golden Turtle Facing the Sun!

【Tips】From now until April 30, on weekends, visitors to the prayer hall can get a prayer ribbon with their ticket, write their wishes, and pray for fulfillment!

【Recommended March Flying Kite and Prayer Route】Qianniuping – Jiudi Tanyuan – Guanyu Pavilion – Golden Turtle Facing the Sun – take bus at Qianniuping – Jinfo Temple – Ancient Buddha Cave – take bus or walk to West Slope Cableway downhill (mountaintop bus fare 10 RMB).

【Recommended April Wild Rhododendron Essence Route】West Gate – take sightseeing car – cableway – Jinfo Temple – Fangzhu Bamboo Sea – Rhododendron King's Court – Jiulian Baoding – Skywalk – Ecological Stone Forest – Lingguan Cave – Cliffside Plank Walk – Golden Turtle Facing the Sun – cableway and sightseeing car downhill.

This is the Jinfo Mountain Tianxing Resort Area in Nanchuan, Chongqing, integrating beautiful scenery, delicious food, a charming town, and hot springs. As grass grows and flowers bloom, come to a spring date: fly your heart, enjoy life, and write your own unique love letter!

【Transportation】Depart from Chongqing city center → Yu-Xiang Expressway → Nanchuan Interchange → Wenfeng exit → Tianma Highway → Sanhui Town → Tianxing Resort Area → through the scenic corridor → West Slope Parking Lot of Jinfo Mountain. Highway toll: 44 RMB. Clear signs along the way.

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