There is a saying well-known by people who’d like to study Chinese in China that explicitly describes the intimate relationship between the tea and water, which goes like this: there are various types of tea, as well the various types of water, but only the tea made with from the good tea and the good water can be called a delicacy. It can be discovered by readers, who’d like to learn Chinese in China that most of the tea-lovers are found to enjoy travelling, and to grade the famous wells and springs according to their qualities of water.
The first famous spring to be introduced to be readers who’d like to study Mandarin in China is the zhōng líng spring which is located in the Jiangsu province. The world-famous zhōng líng spring is located somewhere in the northwestern part of the Jinshan Park, and the tea made with the its water tastes sweet and refreshing, and there are also recordings in report on water for brewing tea, which says that after tasting several types of tea, the zhōng líng spring was ranked in the first place, therefore, it got the fame as “the best spring in the world”.
Since it must be made clear for friends who’d like to study Chinese in China that the genuine water fetched from the zhōng ling spring is precious, since the real mouth of the spring lies in the mid-center of the lake with roaring waves, therefore, the fetching of the spring water becomes quite difficult.
Readers who’d like to learn Chinese in China may feel discouraged at the difficulties in getting its water, well, legends has it that the ancient people used to choose a optimal time, and go to fetch water with special tools, namely ,the bronze cucurbits to be dropped it into the stone cave.
The accuracy of your positioning of the famous spring mouth must be guaranteed in the past in order to get water, however, there is a piece of good news for friends who’d like to study Mandarin in China that the mouth of the spring had been revealed due to the geological changes.
People who’d like to study Chinese in China can go to Zhenjiang and look for the well, since people had laid bricks around the mouth of the spring, and the calligrapher of the Qing dynasty wáng rén kān had written down “The first spring in the world” on the stone balustrades, which makes it a historical tourist sight in Zhenjiang city.
The second famous spring is the hǔ pǎo quán-the tiger running spring, which is located in the Huichan temple of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, which is about five kilometers far away from the downtown, and friends who’d like to learn Chinese in China can’t miss it for its uniqueness.
The spring exudes from the marlstones and the quartzes; the spring water exuding from it is so crystal and sweet that it tops that of all the springs of the west lake, which makes the tiger running spring a marvelous sight for people who’d like to study Chinese in China’s visiting.
The Longjing tea brewed with the Tiger running spring water is lightly scented and refreshing; they are reputed as “Two wonders of the West Lake”. Therefore, friends who‘d like to study Mandarin in China just can’t be too busy to fully relax themselves through the tasting of that special tea.
Here is a good news for friends who have had been looking forward to coming to learn Chinese in China, there have emerged a batches of hotels and tea cafes in the recent years near the scenic spot, many friends, both from home and abroad have had been coming and enjoying it, some of them also fetches the spring water home to treat their guests.
The third famous spring is the Shanyu spring in the west border of Beijing, while rambling along the beautiful Kunming Lake of the Summer Palace, friends who‘d like to study Chinese in China could take a glimpse of the shadows of the tower as well as the landscape of the lakes and mountains.
The friends who‘d like to study Mandarin in China must be interested about the origin of this famous spring, well, during the beginning of the Qing dynasty, the Jade Spring was used to provide water supply for the imperial palace, and the emperor had once described the quality of the water in many aspects, not just from the degrees of clearness, sweetness, and purity, but also from the weightiness of the water through the silver buckets, from which, he drew the conclusion after comparing with all the other famous springs nation-wide that the Jade Spring ranked first.