Popular Longsheng Attractions
Can't decide how to spend your time in Longsheng? Start with this list of Longsheng County's most popular attractions to get started planning your trip to Longsheng, Guangxi, China.
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Longsheng Rice Terraces
The rice terraced fields of Longsheng, commonly known as Longji Rice Terraces Scenic Area, are 22 km from the county seat of Longsheng, and 103 km from Guilin downtown. Covering an area of 66 square kilometers, the rice terraces are built along the slope winding from the riverside up to the mountain top, the highest part being 1,180 m in elevation while the lowest part is 300 m. The coiling line that starts from the mount...
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Jinkeng Rice Terraces
The beautiful Jinkeng Rice Terraces is a import part of the Longji Rice Terraces, it gets its name because the rice terraces area find gold (jin) mines, and the local topography looks like a big pit (keng), hence the rice terraces name with Jinkeng. Jinkeng Rice Terraces Fields, around 30 km away from Longsheng County downtown, is a Yao minority inhabited area with several Yao villages. The area comprises Dazhai village...
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Ping'an Zhuang Village
Ping'an is a traditional Zhuang minority village located in Heping Country of Longsheng County, about 22.5 km from the the county seat of Longsheng, and 103 km from Guilin. The village is just located at the top of the famous Longji Rice Terraces. The altitude is up to 1,100 meters. The population here is more than 700. Inhabited in the region are all Zhuang Minority, they still remain their exquisite costume and ancient...
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Huangluo Yao Village
In Huangluo Yao Village, the Yao people are called 'Red Yao' because of their red clothing. There are about 60 families in the village. There every Yao woman has a beautiful long black hair on her head. The long hair of most of women can be loosened down to the ground. The longest hair is nearly close to 2 meters. In the 1990s, the Guinness headquarters granted "The World's First Long-hair Village" for Huangluo...
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Ancient Zhuang Village
The Ancient Zhuang Village is located in Heping Country, at an elevation of 600 meters, the village has more than 200 families, about 1000 people. It consists of Liaojia Zhai Village, Houjia Zhai Village, Pingduan Zhai Village and Ping Zhai Village. The village features its wooden houses, stone-paved road,old stone bridge, pavilions, ancient steles, stone vats, stone rolls, the ruins of the Qing Dynasty's barracks...
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Baimian Yao Village
Baimian (White face) Yao Village is just 6 km away from the famous Longsheng Hot Springs,it is a good place to experienc the Red Yao Minority's traditional life. The village has 35 families, the Yao people there still keep a simple living folkway. They live in storied wooden buildings with green tiles, men till the land and women weave cloth. They are contented with autarkic rural life. The villagers in Baimina...
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Sanmen Yao Village
Samen Yao Village is considered as a living museum of Yao people, the "Samen" in its name means "three family names" in Chinese. The village has three family names: Yu, Wei and Pan, hence the name. Villagers there still keep traditional way of life of the Yao people. Their ethnic garments, Diaojiaolou (stilted buildings), customs and festivals are the valuable references to researching Yao people's...
