707 Horizons at Dawn and Dusk
Where sunrises unravel the dark and sunsets gather it back; a weekly ode to urban light.
City 4 | Quanzhou
Maritime Sunset in Quanzhou | CTGN
Sunset over the City | CTGN
City and the Setting Sun at the Zhengchenggong Park | Quanzhou City
Sunrise Quanzhou Emporium | QZ Emporium
Crimson Skies in Quanzhou | Ecns
Quanzhou Sunrise | Fujian Govt
Quanzhou Bay Cross-sea Bridge | City of Quanzhou
Sunrise over Daiyun Mountain in Quanzhou | China Daily
The Sunsets and Sunrises that Regulate China’s Rhythms
Yantai Sunrise | China Daily
Sunrise stitches the sky with gold; sunset unpicks it, thread by thread. A city’s rhythm is measured in light, the blush of dawn glancing off glass towers, the slow bronze bleed of twilight over alleyways. These are moments when time pauses: neon flickers awake, street vendors fold their carts like origami, and the metropolis holds its breath between yesterday and tomorrow.
Not every horizon is famous. Some belong only to the locals, the rooftop where sunlight first licks the temple’s eaves, the bridge where dusk turns the river to mercury, the stairwell where shadow and flame tango for a fleeting hour.
In this series, we trace one city’s daybreak and dusk each week, painting its skyline in fleeting hues: the violet smudge of pollution and poetry, the tangerine streak that ignites a thousand windows. Together, these snapshots will map urban China through 707 shades of light, the dramatic, the quiet, and the sublime.
No two cities wake (or sleep) alike. Follow along every Saturday to watch the world dissolve and reassemble, one sunrise at a time.
City 3 | Wanzhou
Wanzhou Sunset and Moon on one Frame | The Paper
Sunset by the City | Wanzhou City
The Sun Set in Wanzhou | Sohu
Sunrise at the Bridge | The Paper
Sunrise in Wanzhou | iChongqing
City 2 | Xiong’an
Sunset at Baiyangdian Lake, Xiong'an | CTGN
Sunrise 2 | Baiyangdian Lake, Xiong'an | Xinhua
City 1 | Hefei
Sunset 1 | Lake Chaohu Sunset | Sohu
Sunset 1 | Hefei City Centre | Expedia