Taiwan's mud spa and the good man 台灣關子嶺溫泉區的好漢坡

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Guanziling is located in Tainan and is one of the four famous spa areas in Taiwan. It's well known for its natural mud spa, said to be available in only Italy, Japan and Taiwan in the world.

The area was developed in 1920 as a spa area by the Japanese when they colonized Taiwan, and they sent their wounded troops here to recuperate. As part of their treatment and road to recovery, the soldiers had to run up and down a steep staircase that consisted of 293 steps (not 299 as I mentioned in my video). Those who completed this gruelling exercise was known as a good man, hence the name of the staircase Haohanpo, which literally translates to good man slope. The staircase was later shortened to 234 steps when they had to build the road at the bottom of the staircase.

I walked down Haohanp when I visited, and I can tell you, it was a bit more tiring than I expected! Check out my video to see how I did. Luckily I didn't have to walk back up as I walked around the area to one of the spa sources and took an alternative less strenuous route back. You can see the spa source at the beginning of the video which shows the temperature of the spa water. Apparently the water can be 10 degrees above that shown, which is HOT!!! Hope you enjoy the video.
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位於台南的關子嶺，是台灣四大溫泉區之一。它獨特之處是有天然泥漿溫泉，聽說世上只有日本，義大利和台灣才有。

日治時代早在1920年已經開發關子嶺溫泉區， 而且日軍更把傷兵送到這裡療養。 當傷兵在復原期間， 他們會在一條名叫好漢坡的階梯鍛鍊身體。 這條階梯又陡又長 ，一定要很好腳力才可以跑上跑落。 如果可以完成的話，就是真正一個好漢，所以名為好漢坡。

好漢坡原本有293階梯，後來因為要建設馬路減少到234階。 在影片中你會看到我從階梯頂部往下走， 已經是很吃力。可想而知，如果是往上跑要有多好的體力！





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Hello my dear friend. great to see this interesting place. and go up the stairs that much to be a good person. oh. When it gets tired so much, one cannot think of evil. :) good people sleeping tired! thanks for sharing. I really like.

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ha ha! I never thought about that before, that's a very good point !!! 😆

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Too many steps for the staircase. Wow! Good exercise actually.

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I guess if you do it everyday it gets easier, not that I would want to do it tbh!!!
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Lol... I can see the funny reasoning of making men really tired so that they cease to think about evil deeds. I want to recommend men to go for Annapurna Base Camp trek. There is a section known as the Chommrong Village. I promise anyone will become a super good man after climbing 4000 stone steps.🤣

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Ha ha!! You're the second person who's mention why they need to tire out the wounded 😆

The Annapurna Base Camp trek looks like a tough one, even for fit and healthy, for me even the thought of 4000 steps makes me jelly legs 😅

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thanks for your response @livinguktaiwan, You are right! It is a long break for me and I am almost lose in this community except for the familiar names.
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I think I can go up that staircase but it will probably take me 2 hours or so to get to the top as I will have to take a 5 minute rest every after 10 steps. Even the descent looks very tiring and dangerous. One slip and boom. Ankle or leg or worse, spine can be fractured. But glad you came out okay.v Stay safe.

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Yes, sometimes coming down is more tiring than going up because you put so much pressure on your knees and it might give away. Definitely good exercise for training.

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