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Longsheng Rice Terraces

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are built along the slope winding from the riverside up to the mountain top, between 600 and 800 metres (2,000 and 2,600 ft) 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.
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Longji (Dragon's Backbone) Terraced Rice Fields received their name because the rice terraces resemble a
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Longsheng Rice Terrace
Terraces
Longsheng (Longji) Rice Terrace
Longji Rice Terraces is located in Guangxi
25°45′N 110°8′E / 25.750°N 110.133°E / 25.750; 110.133
Longji
Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County
Guangxi
China
simplified Chinese
traditional Chinese
pinyin
simplified Chinese
traditional Chinese
pinyin
Longji
Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County
Guilin
China
terraced fields
rice
dragon
rice paddies
Dazhai rice terrace
Ping'an as seen from Jiu long wu hu
Longsheng rice terrace
Longji terraces
In November

"Plant rice on scenic terraces"

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