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White Milk Spring
Lying at the eastern foot of Jingshan Mountain in Huaiyuan County, Bengbu, Bairu Spring covers an area of 125 square km. With the characteristics of "loftiness, oddity, steepness, elegance, tranquility and spaciousness", this scenic area boasts both the mightiness of the mountains in North China and the delicacy of the land of water in South China.
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| "The Seventh Spring under Heaven" |
The spring is well known for its beautiful environment. It used to be called White Turtle Spring. The legend goes that a white turtle came from the spring in the reign of Emperor Xuanzong (785-804) of the Tang Dynasty, hence the name. In 1092, the seventh year of the Yuanyou reign of the Song Dynasty, Su Dongpo (1037-1101), a famous poet and literati, and his sons Su Dai and Su Guo passed by the spring en route from Henan to Hangzhou. Surprised by the marvelous spring, he wrote a poem entitled "Travel Notes of Tushan and Jingshan Mountains." Because the spring water tastes sweet and has a milky white color, people later called it White Milk Spring.
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| White Milk Spring |
Source: Anhui Travel Guide
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