Because of the low water level of Shijiu Lake, it presents the layers of lake water, mudflats, and lake water. You can imagine how it feels like a vast ocean here in summer.

The mountain temple on the road around the lake

Passing by Wujiazui Village, known as the "No. 1 Village of Folk Shipbuilding and Water Transport in China."

Fengqi Mountain southeast of Shijiu Lake

On the edge of Fengqi Mountain, there is a typical water town fishing village-Zhujia Village that falls against the mountain and is close to the lake. During the dry season in winter, the lake water is far away from the shore, leaving a large lake beach. The colorful colors of the lake and beach replace the clear blue in summer, and the village with white walls and red tiles not far away is another picture.

The lake here is slightly wider

The lake and beach attract many birds to play here. They either soar in the air or dance gracefully in the lake. With the blessing of these "elves", Shijiu Lake fully demonstrates the beauty of wetland ecology.

The beautiful extended road around the lake, coupled with the sparkling lake surface, gives a feeling of going to the future. Originally, I wanted to continue along the Lake Road, from Zhujia Village to Zhangxu Village, via Luoshan Village, and I estimated that the time would be right to watch the sunset in Zhangxu Village. However, there is traffic control on the section of Huanhu Road to Luoshan Village, so you can't use Huanhu Road. Because Luoshan Village has traditional cultural customs of Luoshan Dalong in the evening. At this time, the flow of people here has begun to become bustling.

Unwilling to join in the fun, we did not change our plan. We left Huanhu Road and took a detour from the outer provincial highway to Zhangxu Village. The Zhangxucun I see today is different from the one I saw two years ago. The original unified white walls in the cottages have now been decorated in color. Pink purple, pink blue, pink yellow... Various charming colors dress up this place as a fairy tale world.

There is also a painting wall with rich pictures

The colorful cottages match the sunset and sunset with fairy tale romance

The village road leads directly to Shijiu Lake

The artistic conception of backlight

A Japanese-decorated coffee shop by the lake is still on Spring Festival vacation today!

The hazy feeling of dusk, coupled with the small number of people, has a hallucinogenic feeling of an empty city.

There is a ancestral temple and a mural hut in the small square.

The ancestral hall in the village shines brightly in the setting sun in the west

I parked my car in the small square and couldn't wait to go to the Zhang Xu Bridge that I was thinking about

In winter, we can completely see the piers of Zhangxu Bridge, and the entire Zhangxu Bridge is displayed in front of us without reservation.

During the flood season, the lake almost covered the bridge deck, but now the lake seems to be in the distance.

Looking at the exposed lake bed, you can see how severe last year's high temperatures, little rain and drought were

Take a frontal photo of a long trestle and a watchtower at the bridge. This is the best place to watch the sunset on Shijiu Lake.

Looking at the evening light of Shijiu Lake here, during the brief transformation of light and shadow at dusk, the color of the sky and the color of Shijiu Lake show thousands of changes.

Standing quietly on the meadow

Watching the red sun in the distance fall into the water little by little with the colorful sunset glow. Today, the sky is beautiful, the visibility is high, and the Shijiu Lake Bridge in the distance is also clearly visible.

Most of the bottom of Shijiu Lake faces the sky, like a grassland, boundless.

The weather was very cold, and the wind was strong in an open place like the lake, making it even more desolate. There weren't many tourists. There were tourists in twos and threes by the lake, making it particularly quiet, with only the sound of the wind.

Shijiu Lake at sunset is picturesque and full of poetry. Quietly looking at the changing afterglow of the sunset, which takes on thousands of different postures and colors. The glow spreads with the setting sun, enters the water, and blends into one color.

Look at the clouds rolling and relaxing and feel the beautiful style of Shijiu Lake. Especially when the soul is cleansed in such a broad, quiet and beautiful world.

Chasing the sunset through the meadow

Looking back at Zhang Xucun and taking pictures of the beautiful figure of the house

The sunset covered the village with a layer of golden gauze

Colored cottages on the meadow

The withered meadow under the dam is a sea of green grass in April.

I have been wanting to see Caohai in April for two years, but I have missed all kinds of delays. I hope I can come specifically for it in April this year.

In the evening, on the shores of Shijiu Lake, the lake rippled slightly and the dusk was vast. The birds had long disappeared. Only the burning cloud was still burning enthusiastically.

Watching the sun sink bit by bit, the sky instantly becomes a different color. Watch the weeds rise and fall with the wind, and listen carefully to the sounds of nature in this place where there is no noise.

When I first saw Shijiu Lake in April 2020, I was amazed by it. At that time, I came back and wrote a travel note "The Beautiful Shijiu Lake". There is this last paragraph: 'I will come again and again, in different seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, at different times of sunset and sunrise, to experience her ever-changing changes and her myriad customs. I will slowly walk around Shijiu Lake, taking a closer look at the villages along the lake in Lishui, Gaochun, and Ma 'anshan. Enjoy the beautiful Shijiu Lake and get close to the lovely lakeside people." In two years, I finally fulfilled my wish to surround the lake when I came to Shijiu Lake for the fifth time. Although it is a bit sketchy, it still outlines a circle of Shijiu Lake. I know that this circle of Shijiu Lake is just the beginning. I will come here again in April, July or October to admire the ever-changing Shijiu Lake. Shijiu Lake, which has four scenic spots throughout the year, is worth getting close to it time and time again.