Longsheng Rice Terraces - China

 

Longsheng Rice Terraces      The Longsheng Rice Terraces are located in Longsheng County, about 100 km from Guilin, Guangxi, China. The most popular are Ping An Rice Terrace and Jinkeng Rice Terrace. The terraced fields are built along the slope winding from the riverside up to the mountain top,   the highest part being 880 m in elevation while the lowest part is 380 m[citation needed]. The coiling line that starts from the mountain foot up to the mountain top divides the mountain   into layers of water glittering in the sun in spring, layers of green rice shoots in summer,   layers of golden rice in fall, and layers of silvery frost in winter.   The terraced fields were mostly built during the Ming Dynasty, about 500 years ago.               Landscape of terraced rice fields in Yunyang county, southwest Chinas Yunnan province, August 13, 2008. (Imaginechina via AP Images)     The terrace rice fields in Yunnan Province are made by hand by the Hani people of China. These terraces have been built up over at least the last 1300 years.