Weekend Getaway 034｜A Day of Slow Living in the Terraces
🌾 Guangxi, with its unique geographical conditions, boasts vast and spectacular terraces. Every year, before the rice harvest in September and October, it attracts a large number of tourists. It's a seasonal highlight you definitely don't want to miss ❤️
🌾 The terraces are located in mountainous areas and are relatively difficult to reach. Generally, you can take a high-speed train to Guilin Station and then transfer by bus or car. This time, we visited the Hongyao Village, which is inhabited by the Yao ethnic group. Nearby, you can also visit the Ping'an Zhuang Village.
🌾 Due to changes in economic conditions or government encouragement, many minority villages in the mainland are mostly uninhabited except for the elderly. However, Hongyao Village still has many real residents and several homestays where you can spend the night.
🌾 In the evening, take a leisurely walk from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, snapping some beautiful photos along the way. Enjoy a delicious local meal for dinner, make rice cakes with the homestay hostess in the evening breeze, and escape the hustle and bustle of the city. It's simply perfect ❤️
短腿玩轉世界
Oh my god! This place is like a fairyland, so beautiful!
Longji Rice Terraces has four villages, the most famous is Jinkeng Dazhai Red Yao Rice Terraces (also the furthest), be prepared mentally before going! This year's harvest time is October 30th!! If you want to go before then, don't miss the time~
I departed from Yangshuo, booked a ride-sharing car in advance, 6:30 departure from West Street, took the highway for three hours to Jinkeng Dazhai Parking Lot P, on the way to the scenic area, you will pass by the Longji Rice Terraces ticket office, 80 yuan/person, no need to get off the car, staff will come to the car window to sell tickets (small cars with less than 9 people can drive up) If you take the special bus, you can only get off at the ticket office, you need to buy another scenic area special bus, 40 yuan round trip.
Jinkeng Dazhai Parking Lot can buy cable car to Golden Buddha Peak (No. 3 Observation Deck), one-way 55, round-trip 100, it is recommended to go one-way (20+ minutes), walk down the mountain (40min~1h), walk towards the rest pavilion, you will find several good photo spots with less people along the way
Follow the signs to go to Thousand-Layer Stairway (No. 2 Observation Deck), it is a different mountain than Golden Buddha Peak, about 40 minutes walk, you can see the Golden Buddha Peak Rice Terraces on the opposite side, there is also a good angle for俯拍 below the stone tablet. Finally, walk back to the parking lot, it is not even 13:30, because I booked a ride-sharing car at 15:00, the driver was stuck in traffic on the mountain, and it took a long time to pick up someone else (but found a road that can drive up the mountain, there are many accommodations there, but parking here costs 50 yuan, which is more expensive than the scenic area parking lot 20 yuan) The real horror is going down the mountain! It's really jammed! It seems like three or four hours, the whole person is cracked! It is recommended that everyone book a car early to go down the mountain! Otherwise, you will be very desperate! And bring enough dry food, in case you get hungry from the traffic jam! (Estimated to be only during holidays and peak season)