The Longji Rice Terraces are located in Heping District, Longsheng County about two hours’ drive from Guilin so they are also called Longsheng Rice Terraces.
They are at an altitude of 330–1,110 metres (1,000–3,700 feet). The highest rice terraces located at 880 metres above sea leve while the lowest of it is about 380 metres. Their wonderful scenery attracts numerous photographers every year. Longji Rice Terraces are home to many ethnic people and there are numerous Zhuang and Yao and Dong villages among the terraces. They built unique wooden houses here and woman there all wear their ethnic clothes. The woman like to wear embroidered headwear and an apron covered with exquisite handwork. Zhuang ladies will also wear intricate handmade silver earrings, bracelets and nceklaces. For their homes, those are old black grey houses on stilts; the ground floor is used for storage of the raising of animals, while upper floor with rooms and a fire pit is the living area.