Lakeside Sunset with Red-billed Gulls Fluttering

🌅 Winter Romance at Taihu Lake, Suzhou｜Join the Red-billed Gulls for an Ink Painting Sunset✨

If the sunset at Dianchi Lake is a rich oil painting, then the winter at Taihu Lake in Suzhou is a delicate ink wash painting—amid the vast misty waves, thousands of red-billed gulls skim the lake surface, becoming the most lively brushstrokes of Taihu Lake.

📍 Best Viewing Spots:

✔️ Taihu National Wetland Park: Wide views from the boardwalk, gulls circling like poetry

✔️ Guangfu Manshan Island: Accessible by boat, few people and serene scenery, gulls at ease

✔️ Xishan Mingyue Bay Ancient Pier: An ancient bridge extending into the lake, gull shadows flutter at sunset, full of artistic conception

🕒 Golden Hours:

From November to March of the following year, after 3 PM each afternoon the light softens, and half an hour before sunset the sky turns pink and purple, gulls return to their nests, a spectacular scene like a painting.

📸 Photography Tips:

Use reeds and ancient bridges as foregrounds, capture flying gulls with a telephoto lens; shoot silhouettes of people at sunset for a strong storytelling effect; scatter bread crumbs to attract gulls and capture interactive moments.

🍵 Nearby Experiences:

After watching the gulls, try Taihu’s “Three Whites” delicacies, or enjoy a cup of Biluochun tea by the lake, warming and pleasant.

👉 This winter, come to Taihu Lake in Suzhou to encounter the unique poetry and gentleness of Jiangnan!

Post by LAWRENCE LUCAS | Oct 16, 2025