The Longji Rice Terraces (" Loong Dragon's Spine") (), also called the Longsheng Rice Terraces ("Dragon's Victory") (), are located in the town of Longji in Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County, about from

Guilin Guilin (Standard Zhuang: ''Gveilinz''), postal map romanization, formerly romanization of Chinese, romanized as Kweilin, is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of China's Guangxi, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is situated on the we ...

, China. The terraced fields are built along the slope winding from the riverside up to the mountain top, between above sea level. A coiling terrace line that starts from the mountain foot up to the mountain top divides the mountain into layers of water in spring, layers of green

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shoots in summer, layers of rice in fall, and layers of frost in winter. The terraced fields were mostly built about 650 years ago. Longji Terraced Rice Fields received their name because the rice terraces resemble a loong dragon's scales, while the summit of the mountain range looks like the backbone of the dragon. In early June, water is pumped over the rice paddies, and young plants are transferred to the main terraces.

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Ping An village in the middle of the terrace

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Longsheng Rice Terraces
* * Geography of Guilin Tourist attractions in Guilin Agricultural terraces Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County {{Agriculture-stub