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Longsheng (Longji) Rice Terraces

Longsheng County, Guangxi Province, China

landscapes stock photography | Longsheng (Longji) Rice Terraces, Longji, Longsheng, Guangxi, China, Image ID CHINA-LONGSHENG-0001. Stock photo of the Longji Rice Terraces or Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces. Every spring the Longsheng terraced fields in Guangxi Province of China are irrigated and the irrigated fields look like layers of bright mirrors. When it comes to the late July and the early August, a green sea of paddy rice lures you deeply. And the terrace filed greets you with the golden blankets of the ripe rice in the late September and early October. Snowed terrace field in winter is also awesome. Overall, the spring irrigation time and autumn harvest time are the best time for viewing terrace field.

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landscapes stock photography | Longsheng (Longji) Rice Terraces, Longji, Longsheng, Guangxi, China, Image ID CHINA-LONGSHENG-0002. The Longji Rice Terrace Fields or Dragon's Backbone rice terraces were built over 650 years ago during the Ming Dynasty. The terrace fields are found in Longsheng country about a two hours drive from Guilin in China. From a distance, during the growing season, these winding terraces appear as if they were green woven cables laid out over the hillsides, starting at the riverbank and ending near the mountaintop. One can meander through the paddies and villages, greeting and being greeted by horses, pigs, chickens and hard working locals.

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landscapes stock photography | Longsheng (Longji) Rice Terraces, Longji, Longsheng, Guangxi, China, Image ID CHINA-LONGSHENG-0003. Stock photo of a farmer with water buffalo working on Longji rice terraces in the mountains near Zhuang village of Ping An, Longsheng, Guangxi, China.

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landscapes stock photography | Longji (Dragon's Backbone) Rice Terraces, Longsheng, Guangxi, China, Image ID CHINA-LONGSHENG-0004. The Longji Terraced Rice Fields or Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces received their name because the rice terraces resemble a dragon's scales, while the summit of the mountain range looks like the backbone of the dragon. Visitors standing on the top of the mountain can see the dragon's backbone twisting off into the distance. In a early morning when weather is fine, the sunrise on the summit of Longji Rice Terraces is magnificent.

Longji (Dragon's Backbone) Rice Terraces
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landscapes stock photography | Longji Rice Terraces, Longsheng, Guangxi, China, Image ID CHINA-LONGSHENG-0005. The Longji Rice Terraces or Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces are located 2 hours from Guilin in Longsheng Country, Guangxi Province, China and it is a very popular tourist destination.

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landscapes stock photography | Longsheng Rice Terraces, Longji, Longsheng, Guangxi, China, Image ID CHINA-LONGSHENG-0006. The famous Longji Rice Terraces or Dragon's Back Terraces of Longsheng County are only 27 km (16.78 miles) from Longsheng County in Guangxi Province in China. The terraces are rice fields built on steep mountain terraces, shaping like spirals from the mountain foot to the top.

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landscapes stock photography | Ping An Rice Terraces, Ping An, Longsheng, Guangxi, China, Image ID CHINA-LONGSHENG-0007. The Ping An rice terraces were named the Ping An Village, a place in Longsheng County about 2 hours from Guilin in Guangxi Province in China. About 500 Zhuang ethnic families living there. When people say Longji (Dragon's Backbone) Rice Terraces, usually they mean Ping An rice terraces which are called 'The champion of the terrace world'. With it beautiful scenery and landscape the Longji Terraced Fields attracts more and more tourists nowadays.

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landscapes stock photography | Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces, Longji, Longsheng, Guangxi, China, Image ID CHINA-LONGSHENG-0008. The Longji Rice Terraces or Dragon's Backbone Rice Terrace Fields is a beautiful natural picture. The linked together rice terraces vary from season to season. In spring, the water is irrigated into the fields and the terraces look like great chains or ribbons hung on the hillsides. When the onset of summer, green waves rush continuously down the mountainside from the heaven. The theme of autumn is the harvest, with the mountainside decorated with the gold of ripened millet. Coming into winter, the whole mountain will be covered with white snow, just like dragons playing with water.

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landscapes stock photography | Longsheng Rice Terraces, Longji, Longsheng, Guangxi, China, Image ID CHINA-LONGSHENG-0009. Stock image of the Longji Rice Terraces or Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces. Each year in spring the Longsheng terraced fields are irrigated. On that day each year, Zhuang people hold a big ceremony for irrigating the terraced fields. After irrigating, the water is shining under the sun and the Longji terraced fields look like jade belts or layers of bright mirrors.

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landscapes stock photography | Longji Rice Terrace Fields, Longsheng, Guangxi, China, Image ID CHINA-LONGSHENG-0010. Stock photo of a farmer working on Longji rice terraces in the mountains near Zhuang village of Ping An, Longsheng, Guangxi, China.

Longji Rice Terrace Fields
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landscapes stock photography | Longji Rice Terrace Fields, Longsheng, Guangxi, China, Image ID CHINA-LONGSHENG-0011. Climbing up the hill, you will arrive at Seven Stars and One Moon lookout, where you will have a panoramic view of the spectacular Longji rice terraced fields in the mountains near Zhuang village of Ping An, Longsheng, Guangxi, China.

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landscapes stock photography | Longji Rice Terrace Fields, Longsheng, Guangxi, China, Image ID CHINA-LONGSHENG-0012. The Longji Rice Terraces (Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces) covers an area of 66 square kilometers (about 16308 acres) and spans an altitude between 300 meters (about 984 feet) and 1100 meters (about 3608 feet). It is said, 'Where there is soil, there is a terrace', be it in the valley, with swift flowing river to the mountains summit with its swirling cloud cover, or from bordering verdant forest to the cliff walls.

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The Longsheng Rice Terraces are located in Longsheng County, about 100 km (2 hours drive) from Guilin, Guangxi, China. The most popular are Ping An Rice Terrace and Jinkeng Rice Terrace.

The terraced fields 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. At its beginning of Yuan Dynasty, the terraced fields were mostly built during the Ming Dynasty, about 500 years ago.

Longji (Dragon's Backbone) Terraced Rice Fields received their name because the rice terraces resemble a dragon's scales, while the summit of the mountain range looks like the backbone of the dragon. Visitors standing on the top of the mountain can see the dragon's backbone twisting off into the distance. In an early morning, when the weather is fine, the sunrise on the summit of Longji Rice Terraces is magnificent.

The Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces is a beautiful natural picture. The linked together rice terraces vary from season to season. In spring, the water is irrigated into the fields and the terraces look like great chains or ribbons hung on the hillsides. When the onset of summer, green waves rush continuously down the mountainside from the heaven. The theme of autumn is the harvest, with the mountainside decorated with the gold of ripened millet. Coming into winter, the whole mountain will be covered with white snow, just like dragons playing with water.

The best time for a visit to Longji Terraces is during spring and autumn. During May and June, Rice paddies are just groomed for the planting season and are just a pool of mud and water. It would probably take another 2 weeks before farmers started planting. During September and October the rice fields turn golden and the afternoon sun paints the terraces as fields of gold.

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