Longji Terraced Field
Longji's terraced fields offer some of the most fantastic scenery in Guilin or indeed China. Beautiful when the sun reflects in the water of the paddy fields and glowing with yellow ears when the harvest is ripe, Longji (Dragon's Back) is a feast for the eyes.
The Longji Terraced Fields are located in Longsheng County about two hours from Guilin. The rice terraces are built into the hillsides, and look like great chains or ribbons as they wind round the contours in tiered bands. In some places there are terraces from the bottom to the top of the hillside.
This ingenious irrigation method makes the best use of the scarce arable land and water resources in this mountainous area. There are about 66 square kilometers of terraced fields in southeast Longsheng.
The Terraces were first built in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) and were completed in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) by the Zhuang people and Yao people.
As these fileds are built into the hillsides, the best and also the only way to view these fields is by walking to the mountain top. A scenery-view platform is often built at the mountain top to take in the great view. See Longji Terraced Fields hiking guide.
China Highlights has prepared a spring promotion tour including a visit to Longji Terraced Fields: Longsheng Terraced Field & Yangshuo Combo, a 4-day trip from only $415 USD.
How to Get there?
Take a bus at Guilin Bus Station to Longsheng and then change to another for the Terrence Fields. The journey takes about one and a half hour.
Latest Tips on Longji Terraced Field
1. Sedan chairs are available from the parking lot to the top of the mountain for tourists who would like to see the great views but fail to climb all the way up to the top. It takes about 350 Yuan per person for a round trip.
2. For restaurants and hotels, the facilities and standard of service may not be as good as in the urban area.
Hi,
I think you'd better to join our Seat-in-coach day trip to Longji, because there is no bus go directly to Longji from Yangshuo. You need to go back to Guilin and take another bus to Longsheng from the bus station.
Longji Ping'an inn would be a good option for tourists.
Thanks for visiting our website. If you want to travel with us please feel free to contact me.
KevinMa@chinahighlights.com
Hello Cynthia,
There are buses from Guilin to Longsheng every 30 minutes, you can take the bus at Guilin bus station, the ticket is about CNY30 (US4.4).
Wish you have a nice tour in Guilin!
Lee
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