The Stunning Kapok Avenue in Foshan, Beautifully Reflected by the Sunset

Twilight spreads across the shoulders of Lingnan in March. Standing in the steel arms of the Tianqiao (overpass) on Lujing Road, you can encounter a feast of light and shadow that is usually overlooked. In the eight-lane artery, the traffic flows like a galaxy, carrying the fragrance of kapok in late spring and brewing the twilight into an amber haze. The kapok trees in the center of the road point straight to the sky, their bronze branches twisted like dragon scales, holding up cloud-like scarlet crowns. The heavy flowers are saying goodbye to the branches in a resolute manner, falling whole onto the asphalt road, splashing up a fine red wave. When the sanitation worker's bamboo broom sweeps across the fallen flowers, it startles two crested mynas, which flutter their wings past the blue tail box of the delivery rider, kneading their chirping into the deepening twilight. The steel torrent of the evening rush hour divides under the bridge, the car windows reflecting tired faces, and the gilded sunset flowing over the roofs. The Bao Feng Pagoda pokes its eaves out of the dark green of the Wugang Forest Park, piercing the sky with orange-red, as if to pick up the falling sunset and put it back into the sky. The steel grid trembles underfoot, and the roar of traffic surges from the soles of the feet, interweaving with the muffled sound of kapok falling to the ground to form a strange duet. Twilight sunset, city streets, traffic, ancient pagoda, kapok flowers... In the twilight of this city, steel and flowers dance together forever, fulfilling each other. The hard bridge holds up the soft clouds, the hot wheels roll over the gentle fallen flowers, and as the neon lights and stars light up one after another, I hear the city's heartbeat becoming deeper and deeper in the twilight. Address: Lujing 1st Road Tianqiao (next to Huijing Market), Chancheng District, Foshan City Best shooting time: 18:00-18:30