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The Longji Rice Terraces, aka the Longsheng Rice Terraces, located about 60 miles from Guilin |
Village among the rice terraces |
View down the valley |
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Makes for some pretty interesting patterns |
Most of the terraces were built around 650 years ago |
Working the fields |
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Also known as Dragon's Backbone rice terraces because when water floods the terraces in the spring, it's supposed to look like dragon scales with the mountains forming the backbone |
Looking across the valley |
Longji Rice Terraces |
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Longji Rice Terraces |
Ping'An village |
Longji Rice Terraces |
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Longji Rice Terraces |
Longji Rice Terraces |
Longji Rice Terraces |
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Terraces are located between 1,000 and 3,600 ft elevation |
Longji Rice Terraces |
Longji Rice Terraces |
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Longji Rice Terraces |
Ping'An village |
Longji Rice Terraces |
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Longji Rice Terraces |
Straight-on view of the terraces |
Village construction |
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Longji Rice Terraces |
Longji Rice Terraces |
Longji Rice Terraces |
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Longji Rice Terraces |
Longji Rice Terraces |
Ping'An village |
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Longji Rice Terraces |
Longji Rice Terraces |
Longji Rice Terraces |
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Longji Rice Terraces |
Longji Rice Terraces |
Longji Rice Terraces |
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Longji Rice Terraces |
Longji Rice Terraces |
Longji Rice Terraces |
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Ping'An village |
Longji Rice Terraces |
Longji Rice Terraces |
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The three wise monkeys |
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