Longji Old Village Cultural Terraced Fields

Longji Old Village keeps the most complete pile dwelling architectural complex. There are 7 old houses with a history over 100 years. The oldest one was built during Tongzhi Period of Qing Dynasty, which is about 150 years ago.

Historical Relics

Longji Old Village has preserved many historical relics: Hundreds of blue flagstone paths and beautifully carved blue flagstone bridge; the big blue flagstone Gate of the village built in the eight year of Guangxu Period in Qing Dynasty; the Taiping Qing Vat using for fire protection is still preserved very well today. In the middle of the village, there is a Longquan Well with a stone dragon carved on the mouth of the well. A old taxus chinensis here is already over 200 years old and still can grow bunches of red beans. National key protective ancient tree, the big camphor tree here is over 300 years old and still a shelter for local people.

Longji Old Village is the origin of Zhuang terrace field. It has a very long history. In Qing Dynasty, it is famous for abounds in tea. The highest altitude of Longji Old Village Cultural Terrace Field is 1300 m, and the lowest is 350 m. The terrace fields here are in large scale and very magnificent like a long giant dragon. Now there are three scenic spots: “The First Rice Terrace”, “Floating Dragons to the River”, and 'Slender Ditch”.

Scenic Spots

【View point of “The First Rice Terrace”】
Longji Old Village Terraced Fields is the birth place of Zhuang Terraced Field and also where the First Rice Terrace is located. At this spot, you can side view the whole Longji Old Village. Layers of Rice Terraces just like annual ring year by year, which reminds people that ancestors hard working on this land. Through more than dozen of generations’ hard working, the miracle of the rice terraces was created.

【View point of “Floating Dragons to the River”】
Here you can see layers of rice terraces under you foot. The terraced fields one by one extend from the torrential Jinjiang River to the top of the mountain, just like a giant dragon pierce the clouds and mist, which is majestic and powerful

【View point of “Slender Ditch”】
Here you can overlook the whole scenery of the Longji Old Village. Row upon row of pile dwelling wooden houses, which are the best preserved, oldest and the largest scale Zhuang  pile dwelling wooden house architectural complex. Under the sunshine in the morning, the blue tiles look like the scales of the giant dragon.