Xincheng Live Cam

Where the river carves the mountain and the sea frames the town

Walk into Xincheng and what strikes first is contrast: a short drive from a narrow, pebble-strewn coastline the land rises quickly into the jagged flanks of the Central Mountain Range. This abrupt meeting of ocean and mountain creates a landscape that is both dramatic and instructive — a place where tectonics, long-term erosion and human history intersect in plain view. For a guide, Xincheng is a compact classroom: read the shoreline to understand littoral processes and storms; read the low hills to see terrace agriculture and settlement patterns; read the gorge mouths and river mouths to understand how rock type and flow regime determine the shape of valley systems.