| Day 1 Guilin, Sanjiang ( L ) |
| Pickup from your hotel in Guilin. Drive about 3 hours to Chengyang, visit Wind & Rain Bridge, then drive to Congjiang, stay overnight in Congjiang. Part of the road Sanjiang/Congjiang is always under construction, please prepare some food in advance. |
| Chengyang Wind & Rain Bridge | Chengyang Roof Covered Bridge: One of the most beautiful & well protected shelter bridges in China,constructed in 1911,finished in 1925. The bridge is 64.4 meters long, 3.4 meters wide, 10.6 meters high, with beautiful shelters construction on it. It is supported by five big stone piers and the whol…… |
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| [ Optional ] Chengyang Dong Villages: Chengyang is 20 km north of Sanjiang, is becoming a popular tourist destination with backpackers. It is a region traditionally inhabited by the Dong people, bordering Guizhou to the northwest and Hunan to the northeast. |
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| Day 2 Congjiang, Zhaoxing ( B,L ) |
| Walk around the Basha village and rice paddies. Lots of activities happen in the early morning. All houses built from the mountain top to the river valley. Meet Miao people in traditional dress, go into families to be their guests. After simple lunch at local family, drive 2 hours to Zhaoxing. It is an area of drum towers, flower bridges. The best photo place for a panaramic picture of Zhaoxing is: the junior high school on the mountain top. Find a good place and wait for the light of sunset. |
| Zhaoxing Dong Village | Zhaoxing, one of the largest Dong villages in the region, with more than 700 households and a population of 4000. The Dong people in Zhaoxing are all surnamed Lu. According to an old man, the head of the Dong people in Zhaoxing divided the people into five groups in order to make administration easi…… | | Flower Bridges in Zhaoxing | There are five bridges in Zhaoxing. Actually, the bridge is more of a building across the river, as most bridges are covered with pavilions. The bridges have earned the name "flower bridges" because of the exquisite sculptures that cover them. On a raining day, to sit in the bridge pavilion and chat…… | | Drum Towers in Zhaoxing | The most famous buildings in Zhaoxing are the five drum towers. According to the tradition of the Dong people, each individual drum tower represents one group of local people. The five towers represent kindness, righteousness, politeness, intellect and creditworthiness. |
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| [ Optional ] Dong Drama Performance: The opera troupes in Zhaoxing is well known for their folk drama. Their literary is abundant with narrative poems, pipa songs and epics. Usually the performance is hosted in a traditional drum tower at night. |
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| Day 3 Zhaoxing, Guilin ( B,L ) |
| Walk around Zhaoxing in the morning. Continue our tekking for 1 hour to TangAn, a village on the other side of mountain, famous for rice paddies and a good local museum of Dong Ethnic. Continure your drive for 2 hours to Longsheng rice terraces, stay overnight in village on mountain top. |
| TangAn Village | The TangAn village is located about 6 km east of Zhaoxing, half way up Mount Longbao, about 840 meters above sea level. The village was first built in the Jiaqin years of Qing Dynasty (A.D 1795-1820). It is now home to over 170 households and more than 800 people. The Sino-Norway cooperative 'TangA…… | | Longji Rice Terrace | Longji Rice Terraces, located in Longsheng County about 2 hours from Guilin, are built into the hillsides, nearby Pingan village. The terraces look like great chains or ribbons as they wind from the foot to the top of the hill... |
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| [ Optional ] Jinkeng Rice Terraces: Jinkeng Rice Terraces are located around 25 miles (40 km) away from Longsheng, where you will be rewarded feats of farm engineering going all the way up a string of 2400 feet (800 m) mountains. |
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| Day 4 Guilin ( B ) |
| Enjoy the view of the Morning sunrise on rice paddies (if weather permit). Free time to walk around the villages of Zhuang and Yao. Later today, drive 3 hours back to Guilin. Leisure on your own at the rest of the day. |
| Jinkeng Rice Terraces | Jinkeng Rice Terraces are located around 25 miles (40 km) away from Longsheng, where you will be rewarded feats of farm engineering going all the way up a string of 2400 feet (800 m) mountains. |
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| [ Optional ] Evening cruise on Li River and surrounding lakes: Guilin is gifted with water. Two Rivers and Four Lake Scenic Aare is a park-like scenic area which can’t be missed out. This area is filled with trees, plants, meandering path and small pavilions, which is one of the favorite places to stroll for visitors and residents. |
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