Haicheng Hot Springs

Haicheng Hot Springs are located in Haicheng City, Liaoning Province, in the southern Liaoning lowlands between Shenyang and the Bohai Sea coast, a city historically significant as the location of the Xiliu Fort — a key defensive position in the military history of Qing dynasty Manchuria — and more recently as the site of the extraordinary 1975 Haicheng earthquake, one of the few major seismic events in history that was successfully predicted and evacuated before it occurred, saving hundreds of thousands of lives. The bicarbonate-enriched thermal waters here have served the local community since ancient times, and the city's hot spring resources complement an area rich in Liaoning agricultural heritage — peach orchards, garlic production, and the distinctive Liaodong Peninsula cuisine that characterizes this productive corner of northeastern China. Bathing at Haicheng Hot Springs provides a connection to a city whose remarkable seismic prediction success story, agricultural heritage, and mineral spring resources define a distinctive Liaoning provincial identity.