Back in Guangxi: Longji - Longsheng - The Dragon Bones in the Terraced Rice Fields

The famous Longji - the man-made wondrous Dragon Bone Rice Terraces





































- are still cultivated the same way they've been worked since their creation in the Yuan dynasty (ca 1271-)

There are up to 100 terraces from bottom to top up the hill; in May the terraces are flooded and rice is being sawn, with the advance of the summer the color changes from green to gold (in August, when the time to harvest comes).

Local Yao, Zhuang and [one more..] minorities villages and their women's colorful traditional dresses dot the way to Longsheng.

Many Yao women make a living as "porters" carrying swiftly up and down the hills goods and tourists' luggage, others produce and sell hand-made crafts.

The hiking between the picturesque village of Ping'an - the biggest out there - and the smaller entities of Zhonglin and the spread along the hills many guesthouses and tiny villages is superb.