Longsheng
Longsheng County is located in the area that joins the Heping and the Sang Rivers. The Longsheng County is 100 kilometers to the north of Guilin, surrounded on all sides by mountains. Because of this, the town contains banyan trees amongst its buildings. The Yinshui Dong Village lies two kilometers west of Longsheng town, and is named after the waterfall, which runs from the mountaintop like a chain. In Longsheng County, there are mainly four minorities including Miao, Yao, Dong and Zhuang. The total population is 167,000 people, including 128,800 minorities making up of almost 77 percent of the whole population.
The Rice Terrace is the greatest travel destination of the Longsheng County. The rice fields are built on a mountain slope, with the highest elevation at 885m and the lowest at 380m. The spiral of fields up the mountain resembles a snail when viewed from afar. Other famous sites around Longsheng include the Hot Spring National Park and the Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces. The Dragon's Backbone consists of over 60 square kilometers of terraced rice fields built in the Yuan dynasty, but only completed in the Qing dynasty by the Zhuang people.
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Question:Hi, I'll travel in Guilin and want to visit Longsheng and Longji Village. Anyone knows if one day is enough to visit Longji terraces? How can I get to Longsheng? Will that be a lot walks there?
Answer:One day is enough to visit Longshen. It is about 2.5-3 hours’ drive from Guilin to Longsheng. Longji Village is a part of Longsheng county. You have to walk from bottom of the mountain to the top to enjoy the terrace, which will take you around one hour.
