Dusk bled into Dianchi Lake like liquid amber, its golden hue dissolving across the water. The last daylight caressed the silhouette of Xishan Mountain, the Sleeping Beauty, draping Kunming in a cloak of molten sunshine.

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Sunset in Haiyan Village

When the dusk tide recedes, Haiyan Village bathes in mandarin-colored romance. This is where Kunming residents reconnect with life's natural rhythm. The romance here doesn't just linger—it enchants, with every turn revealing a postcard-perfect composition.

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Here, surrender to sunset after golden sunset. Embrace the twilight breeze, immerse in the unique country charm, and savor the mountain traditions woven with folk's warmth. Then reach for your phone, frame this poetic moment, and capture the eternity.

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Sunset on "Whale Island"

Amid the echoing calls of neighboring islets, "Whale Island" of Haigeng Village (Jinning District) emerges like a secluded haven adrift in time, detached from the worldly clamor.

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The setting sun dips westward, setting the sky ablaze in crimson. The lake's tranquil surface now wears a shimmering golden veil gentle yet magnificent, weaving a dreamscape of quicksilver tranquility.

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Sunset at Laoyuhe National Wetland Park

As the sun slips below the horizon and twilight descends, Laoyuhe National Wetland Park sheds its daytime clamor, embracing hushed serenity.

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This sunset, a luminous pearl strung on time's endless thread, glows with transient grace. It allows people to find a place for their souls to rest in the hustle and bustle of life and remember this fleeting beauty.

Sunset on Changchong Mountain

As dusk descends upon Changchong Mountain, the sun spills its final golden light across the city. Skyscrapers, now gilded in sunset hues, shed their daytime austerity, softening into warm silhouettes. In this luminous moment, the day's weariness melts away beneath the mountain's radiant farewell.

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Sunset at Daguan Pavilion

The Ferris wheel at Daguan Pavilion ascends slowly through the twilight as the city's hum fades below. At its zenith, the sun suspends Dianchi Lake's shimmer and Xishan Moutain's silhouette against a wash of violet-orange, so vivid they seem to brush against your fingertips. Inside the Ferris wheel carriage, swirling light stretches this tenderness into infinity.

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Sunset in Suobenduo Village

Over a decade ago, Suobenduo Village in Tuanjie Township, Xishan District, became home to dozens of white wind turbines—Kunming's first large-scale wind farm. These steel giants now crown the undulating ridges, their blades weaving through the wild grasslands in an unexpected yet poetic dance between industry and nature.

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At dusk, the wind turbines' silhouettes waltz with the flaming sky, casting an amber veil over the wilderness. Where the horizon kisses the sun, crimson afterglow streams through the rotating blades, painting the hills in surreal radiance. This is Suobenduo's signature sunset—a realm apart from urban clamor, where only wind chimes whisper to your pulse.

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Sunset on Xishan Mountain

Climb to Xishan's summit for sunset. The lingering glow wraps the world in tender light—nature’s silent blessing on all bonds below. As the sun dips beyond the horizon, it spills one final cascade of gold across the land.

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Located in Maomaoqing, Xishan District, there is a place called Xiaoheilong Observation Deck, where you can enjoy the unparalleled skyline between mountains and fields under Kunming's most breathtaking sunsets.

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As the last sunlight scaled the Ferris wheel at Daguan Pavilion, Changchong Mountain's evening breeze carried whispers through the pines. In the wetlands, reeds swayed gently, cutting the sunset into golden fragments—and suddenly, the entire lake ignited as egrets grazed its surface...

Come to Kunming to chase a breathtaking sunset! At this moment, even twilight winds carry floral scents, dissolving you in gilded light, drowning you in rose-tinted glows!