China City: Longsheng Travel

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		-- Introduction -- Longsheng Town -- Baimian Yao Village -- Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces -- Longsheng Hot Spring National Park -- Longsheng Town -- Yinshui Dong Village -- Sanjiang Town -- Chengyang Winds & Rain Bridge -- Mapang Drum-Tower Guilin Hotels

Full travelling information of Longsheng & Sanjiang attractions

Introduction

Longsheng

Location: locates between 10932' - 10014' north latitude and 2535' - 2617' east longitude, in the northeastern part of Guangxi

Neighboring Areas: Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan and Guangdong provinces

Physical Features: densely covered with forests with a forestation rate of 76% and a forestation level of 94%

Population: 167,000
Area: 2,442 sq km

Nationalities: Han, Miao, Yao, Dong and Zhuang

History: the earliest county established in southern China

Climatic Features: situated in sub-tropical zone; monsoon climate with sufficient rainfall and frost-free of 314 days

Average Temperature: 18.1C
Rainfall: 1500-2400mm

Mountains: Hou (Monkey) Hill, Wujian (Five Swords) Hill, Xinzi Hill, Qipan (Chess Board) Hill

Rivers: Liujiang River

Products: gingko, long-stalk hairy beech and cephalotaxus fortunei

Local Highlights: colorful mixture of Dong, Zhuang, Yao and Miao minorities

Sanjiang

Location: situated between north latitude 254 - 260 and east longitude 10814' - 10945', in the north area of the Guangxi Zhuang Automomous Region; at the middle beaches of the Xunjiang River; in the joint area of the three provinces: Hunan, Guizhou province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Neighboring Areas: Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan and Guangdong provinces

Physical Features: surrounded by mountains with average elevation of 80-100m

Nationalities: Dong, Han, Zhuang, Miao, Yao, Manchu, Hui, Maonan, Gelao and Yi

Climatic Features: subtropical humid monsoon climate; with enough sunshine of more than 1600 hours annually; mild; with long frost-free period of more than 300 days

Average Temperature: annual average temperature of 17-19C
Rainfall: plenty of rain, concentrated in summers; annual precipitation of 1493 mm

Rivers: the Rongjiang River, Xunjiang River

Local Highlights: the building of the Dong nationality, March the third Festival, Fireworks and Firecrackers Festival