This morning, we drive to Longsheng county which is about 100km from Guilin. The county is well-known for Longji Terraced Fields built 600 years ago. Longji (Dragon's Backbone) Terraced Fields received their name because the rice terraces resemble a dragon's scales, while the summit of the mountain range looks like the backbone of the dragon. The linked together rice terraces vary from season to season. In spring, water is irrigated into the fields and they look like great chains or ribbons hung on the hillsides. When the onset of summer, green waves rush continuously down the mountainside from the heaven. The theme of autumn is the harvest, with the mountainside decorated with the gold of ripened millet. Coming into winter, the whole mountain will be covered with white snow.

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Longji is also the area to experience ethnic minorities' culture. The Zhuang and Yao nationalities live here, though mainly it is the Zhuang people. The women dress in unique and colorful costumes, singing and dancing. We' ll visit the villages and have a lunch there. After tour, we drive back to hotel in Guilin.