China Trip Study Hateful Solar Daytime 11: Longji (Dragon's Back) Rice Terraces

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

China Trip Study Hateful Solar Daytime 11: Longji (Dragon's Back) Rice Terraces

Day 11, March 26, 2018, Monday:

The Longji Rice Terraces offering some of the most fantastic scenery in mainland People's Republic of China . Beautiful when the Sun reflects inward the H2O of the paddy fields too glowing amongst xanthous ears when the harvest is ripe, Longji (Dragon's Back) is a feast for the eyes...

The rice terraces are built into the hillsides, too look like bully amphi theaters or ribbons every bit they air current circular the contours inward tiered bands.

This ingenious irrigation method makes the best purpose of the scarce arable province too H2O resources inward this mountainous area.

There are nigh 66 foursquare kilometers (25 sq mi) of terraced fields.

Longsheng’s Terraces, also called the Longji Terraces, are smaller than the Yuanyang Terraces of Yunnan Province inward scale, but the scenery is relatively concentrated.

Located inward Longsheng County, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Province; about 95 km due north of Guilin City, 2½ hour’s drive.

Started inward the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368), they were completed inward the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911).

Best time: spring too autumn, peculiarly May too Oct for watery or rice-filled terraces.

Longji Rice Terraces advert to several hamlet areas in Longsheng County.

There are two major scenic sites: Jinkeng Hong yao Terraces (Golden Hole Red Yao’s Terraces) and Ping’an Zhuang Terraces (Peace Zhuang Terraces).

Compared amongst the Ping’an Zhuang Terraces (平安), a commercial site favored past times tour groups too unusual travelers, Jinkeng Hongyao (金坑红瑶) Terraces receive got developed relatively belatedly because of their province of affairs at the top of the mount too the long distance to larn there.

The most pop terraced plain areas are around Ping'an Village, where Zhuang minority people live, too inward the Jinkeng area, dwelling to the Red Yao.

Entry Cost:

The 90-yuan-per-person ticket includes entrance fees to Ping'an too Dazhai/Jinkeng scenic areas. The ticket is valid for 2 days.

The Jinkeng Terraced Fields — Less Touristy too More Spectacular.

Jinkeng Red Yao Terraced Fields (金坑红瑶梯田) are further than the Ping’an Terraced Fields from the tourist entrance.

The Jinkeng Terraces gibe several Yao villages: Dazhai, Tiantouzhai, Xinzhai, too Xiaozhai. The principal attractions too accommodation are located inward too around Dazhai ('Big Village') too Tiantouzhai ('Field Head Village').

Taxi to Longji rice terraces was at 650 CNY, picking us at 8 am,

It was a scenic ride every bit the machine rode upward hairpin bends, the driver drove on toward Jinkeng terraces ignoring the fork at Ping'an.

he asked for 200 CNY for our tickets, nosotros allow it slide though nosotros knew it was xc CNY pp.

we got the tickets for the cable machine ride upward too down,

This is the cable machine station, our driver amongst our reddish machine nearby

Easy ride upward amongst spectacular scenery. There is a long observation platform to walk around, too thence nosotros tin dismiss receive got cable machine ride down.

Ladies requesting a painting amongst the "foreigner"

Ping'an Zhuang Village Terraced Fields (平安壮寨梯田)

These are the earliest too most developed terraced fields inward Longsheng, too the most touristy area.

These terraced fields are around Ping'an Village too 2 smaller hamlets, inhabited by the Zhuang minority. The villagers alive inward traditional wooden three-story stilted houses.

Driver was create to drive us dorsum to Guilin afterward Jingkeng, but nosotros insisted on Pingan also.

Then nosotros drove to Pingan terraces where nosotros went upward to Seven stars amongst the Moon lookout.

Ping'an Highlights:

Seven Stars Accompany the Moon (七星伴月) is comprised of vii little piles of rocks, left when the surface area was developed, inward the middle of a moon-like field. We did solely this. We did endeavor to accomplish the side past times side ane but the signs were bad too the path really rickety

Nine Dragons too Five Tigers (九龙五虎) or only Nine Dragons refers to nine ridges, branching off from the principal ridge, which hold back similar nine dragons bending over to drinkable from the Jinsha River. Alongside, at that topographic point are 5 tiger-like rocks.

Saw H2O filled fields too, GREAT

A guy existence carried down...

There are a considerable seat out of little paths, which may easily Pb to getting lost, so a tour conduct may live on necessary to assist us detect the correct way.

The uncut stone paths receive got many twists too turns, too some sections are steep, thence nosotros demand to mind our step.

Longji Terrace Hiking

. The most pop 2 options are:

Ping'an to Longji Ancient Zhuang Village: about 2 hours

Dazhai to Ping'an: 4-5 hours.

Huangluo Red Yao Village (黄洛红瑶寨), 1 km southward of Ping'an, is where over lx Yao households of over 400 people alive harmoniously. It is known every bit the ‘World's Top Long Hair Village'.

It is a tradition for girls to wearable long pilus inward Huangluo, too over lx girls receive got over one-meter long dark hair. The longest is 2.1 meters. It is said that this hamlet holds the Guinness World Record for the grouping of people amongst the longest hair.

We tin dismiss country a woman's marriage status from her hair. An single adult woman should pack all of her pilus inward a cloth. H5N1 spouse volition also pack her hair, but volition go out a bun outside.

The 'long-hair show', 'red-stick dancing', too 'umbrella dancing' are performed inward the village. It is really touristy. We skipped it.

Ethnic hamlet was also included inward the ticket, but nosotros allow it larn afterward the passive aggressive describe per unit of measurement area tactics from the driver.

We returned dorsum to our lovely hamlet at 5 pm happy amongst the day's work