Houjianghe Hot Spring is located at1.25km west of Zhonglu Market Town, and it can be reached by boat from Houjianghe Ferry in about 20 minutes. The spring water has a constant temperature of 32℃-39℃ and a daily flow of 8 10 ton, which is a rare original ecological natural hot spring in Enshi Prefecture.
The undeveloped Houjianghe Hot Spring is still an important place for local residents to have fun. The surrounding natural environment is beautiful. 600 meters northeast of the hot spring is the "cave skull" at the exit of Houjiang River, and the majestic "mouth rock" is due north. Baizhangpo is on the top, Houjiang is on the bottom, and it is surrounded by mountains. Spring water does not dry up all the year round, but spews out all the year round. It emerges from the surface of the spring at a flow rate of 0.0094 cubic meters per second, flows to the southwest 150 meters, and flows into the Houjiang River. Hot springs are connected with the "cave skull" and the dam reservoir area of Houjianghe Power Station. The water temperature in the reservoir area is warm in winter and cool in summer, and the surrounding mountains are beautiful, which constitutes the original ecological tourist scenic spot of Quankouba.
At present, based on the principle of "paying equal attention to development and protection", the town party committee and government have increased their investment in hot spring development, attracted powerful and experienced enterprises to develop hot springs while maintaining the original ecology of hot springs, and planned to build a leisure resort with mountains and rivers, birds and flowers, leisure fishing and water entertainment. Gongmu Village is located in Shuangmiao Village, Zhonglu Town, Lichuan City, 40 kilometers away from downtown Lichuan. The altitude exceeds 1 1,000m. The mountains are shrouded in mist all the year round, and they are hazy. People come here, worship God and Buddha, climb high and look far, and have a different taste. The stockade consists of two huge stones protruding from the top of the mountain. The two peaks stand opposite each other, just like a couple looking at each other silently. The nicknames of the local people are "Zhaigong" and "Zhaimu", which are the names for men's villages and women's villages.
The sad love story of Tusi's daughter and Cowherd is widely circulated in the local area. Every year on February/KOLOC-0/9, June/KOLOC-0/9 and September/KOLOC-0/9 of the lunar calendar, firecrackers will explode and pilgrims will gather in Gongmu Village. Good men and women from all directions came here to burn incense and worship Buddha, pray and make wishes, and the incense was extremely prosperous. Zhonglu River is the only existing original population habitat and seed collection base of Metasequoia glyptostroboides in the world, and it is also the hometown of Metasequoia glyptostroboides, a world-famous plant "living fossil". Botanists only found patches of Metasequoia glyptostroboides forest in this small river, among which 5746 plants have DBH above 20 cm.
Now, by the river, there are patches of Metasequoia forests everywhere, which are lush in spring and summer and golden in autumn and winter. The reputation of "hometown of Metasequoia glyptostroboides" has attracted a large number of tourists and photographers to visit and create, and it is the most valuable tourism resource in Zhonglu Town.