Chungcheongnam-do

Deoksan Hot Spring

The origin of Deoksan Hot Spring, located in Yesan-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, is told in <Chungbo> written by a renowned Confucian scholar during the Joseon Dynasty period named Lee II. One day, a crane was standing in the middle of the rice paddies without trying to fly. People in the neighborhood drew near the crane finding her injured in the wing and the leg. They applied water from the paddies to the injuries. The crane continued to stay there for 3 days until her injury healed enough for her to fly away. When the people took a close look at the place where the crane was sitting, they found a clear, warm spring spurting water. Since then, people were said to have used this place as a mineral spring. Deoksan Hot Spring lies on the western tip of the hot spring zone in Chungcheongnam-do, 15km west of Yesan, and 9km north of Hongseung-eup, where it is linked to Onyang and Dogo. It is a weak alkaline sodium bicarbonate spring with water temperature of 47.7℃, containing 0.017mg/ℓ of germanium, which is known to be especially effective in treating muscle pain, arthritis, and neuralgia, boosting vascular circulation, skin care, etc.
It was opened in 1918 as a full-fledged hot spring. Its place is called Earth Milk (Chungcheongnam-do Cultural Property Material No. 190) because the naturally spurting spring water is said to have the same effect as breast milk. This place is a representative tourist sport in Yesan flocked by 2.5 million visitors annually. There are a number of accommodation facilities including hotels aside from 9 business establishments near the spring. Nearby are the birthplace of and the memorial hall for the patriotic martyr Yoon Bong Gil and Deoksan Provincial Park including Sudeoksa Temple.

Asan Hot Spring

Asan Hot Spring has the largest themed hot spring facilities for health in the Asan Hot Spring complex located in Eumbong-myeon, Asan City, Chungcheongnam-do. Unlike the existing hot spring facilities, Asan Spavis is a large-scale health spa that has introduced the hydrotherapy pool Bade Pool and adopted the theme “Health, Family” linked to the hot spring. Asan Spavis can accommodate 3,500 users at one time; it is oriented toward the new concept of themed hot spa aimed at improving health through bath programs based on hydrotherapy, health check, health restaurants, etc., equipped with large indoor Bade Pool facilities measuring more than 600 pyeong wherein you can do underwater exercise and have hydrotherapy. Following expert diagnosis of your physical constitution, you can get recommendations on bath programs suited to your constitution; oriental medicine-based bath preparations and detoxifying treatment with aroma are also available. In addition, the Spring boasts of 28 subsidiary facilities within the building including Oriental Medicine Clinic for Sharing Health, Health Center, specialized health restaurant, outdoor hot spring pool, large bathrooms for males and females, 23 event baths and open-air baths, and various outdoor subsidiary facilities such as snow sledding ground, open-air performance ground, picnic grounds, badminton court, mini-football ground, etc.

Onyang Hot Spring

Onyang Hot Spring is located in Oncheon-dong, Asan City, Chungcheongnam-do. As one of the oldest hot springs in Korea, it was called Onjeong in the Baekje Period, Onsu in the Koryeo Period, and Onyang after the Joseon Dynasty period , with history of more than 1,300 years. During the Joseon Dynasty period in particular, several kings including Taejo, Saejong, and Saejo visited this place. In fact, King Saejo named it “Divine Spring.” Moreover, Youngjo and Jeongjo were closely associated with this place, and it is said to house a king’s villa called Ongung. The water temperature of Onyang Hot Spring is 44~57℃, and the water quality is alkaline (PH 9.15) simple spring containing sodium bicarbonate, magnesium sulfate, potassium carbonate, silicic acid, and calcium sulfate. Thus, is known to be remarkably effective in treating bad skin, neuralgia, stomach disease, anemia, angiosclerosis, women’s diseases, etc.
In the surroundings are a number of cultural and historic tourism assets distributed such as Hyeonchungsa, Folk Museum, Shinjeong Lake Tourism Complex, Oeam Folk Village, Asan Lake, Sapgyo Lake, etc.