After the temple was raised at Kanglang, the area remained bone dry despite persistent efforts to locate a water source. One day, a spring burst forth from a grove of trees behind the temple. Its sweet waters were clean and crisp, refreshing and invigorating. For residents, it was yet another example of the Five Lords’ munificence. Springing from the geomantic ‘Dragon’s Vein’, the spring was called the dragon’s throat and a well was built to protect this miraculous font of water.

A line written by local poet Chen Chang-yen, “Those seeking to cleanse their hands, should look no further than the dragon’s throat; and move forward, unsullied, unto Tiger Hill,” describes this wondrous spring.