The Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces are located at Guangxi Province, China. The rice terraces have sloping grades of about 50 degrees at an altitude of 1,100 meters, 10 kilometer between Pingan and Dazhai terraces have been around for 650 years, and have created generations of the Yao and Zhuang minorities.
It is hard to find a place like this today in China; it is a place of solitude from the city. .



1 Sunrise in the village


2 Two story wood cabins hugging the vertical mountainside
12-9-08,This image Won 2nd place for Mountain shot contest on DeviantART.


3 The family owned inn which is I stayed for over three nights


4 On the way to the #1 Sunrise overlook point


5 A 97 years old man who lived in the village for his whole life


6 On the way to #3 Sunset overlook point


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8 Seven stars with moon at #2 overlook point


9 The terraces with cabins


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