The outlines bring great vitality to the objects depicted, showing the original peacefulness and festiveness, luxury and simplicity of the mountain town of Chiufen. In his painting Never Resting City, Chiu, based on the oral descriptions of old miners and his own speculations and imaginings about the mineshafts and tunnels, conveys the hard work of mining and the stories hidden behind the spade.
《無休止的城市》一作，邱錫勳依著老礦工們的口述，加上自己對礦坑隧道的揣摩和想像，完整地刻畫出挖鑿金礦的艱辛及隱藏於鐵鍬後的動人故事。