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| Longsheng County, Home of the Famous Rice TerracesLongsheng Gezu Autonomous County (Longsheng Multi-ethnic Autonomous County) is located in the northeastern portion of Guangxi and it is under Guilin's governance. This area is the centralized hub for about ten ethnic minority groups in northern Guilin including Zhuang, Yao, Miao and Dong, etc. who thrive on farming and tourism. Longsheng's governance covers three towns - Longsheng Town, Piaoli Town, Sanmen Town, and seven townships, namely Heping, Sishui, Jiangdi, Madi, Weijiang, Pingdeng and Lejiang.
Longsheng County is best known for its rice terraces, which are built along the slope winding from the riverside up to the mountain top, the highest part being 880 m in elevation while the lowest part is 380 m. The coiling line that starts from the mountain foot up to the mountain top divides the mountain into layers of water glittering in the sun in spring, layers of green rice shoots in summer, layers of golden rice in fall, and layers of silvery frost in winter. These terraced fields were mostly built during the Ming Dynasty, about 500 years ago. Source: www.wikipedia.org Click below to view my photo albums: Why not bookmark this site - and when you finish your tour, please sign the Guestbook and let me know what you think. Copyright notice |
