Located about 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the city area of Guilin, Longsheng is another popular destination for tourists featured with layers of verdant terraces climbing up to the top of the hills, the unique suspended minority village buildings and picturesque hills surrounded with green rivers. If the mountain and river scenery of Guilin is the very best under Heaven, the exotic customs and traditions of Miao, Yao, Dong, Zhuang and other minority groups in Longsheng will inevitably bring you more astonishing experiences.

The Dragons Backbone Rice Terraces

There are about 66 square kilometers terraced fields in southeast of Longsheng, 22.5 km. from the town seat, of which the terraced fields in Heping county show a picture of great momentum and imposing beauty, being reputed as "unrivalled in the world" and made one of the best 20 scenic spots in Guangxi.

Long Ji Mountain (the Dragons Backbone Mountain) is a high mountain and its peak, Mao Er peak, is the highest in South China. With its foundation such a high mountain, how can the Dragons Backbone Rice Terraces not be winding and boundless!

If you look toward the horizon, you would see that blocks of terraces are found to hand in hand, from the steep cliff to the end of the lush trees. Everywhere there is mud, there are cultivated terraces. Specifically speaking, the core of the terraces is a big land with area of two or three square kilometers.

The four seasons in the terraces have different features. The lands of each season present us a miracle. It is funny that in this big terrace world, the biggest block is not more than 670 square meters.