Marz 2009 Longji dragons backbone terrasse rice fields tour

Longji dragons backbone terrasse rice fields just below the Zhuang village Ping an. We are in the land of several minorities.  They live in wooden houses and live of tourism and their agricultural production.

We drove up a steep and narrow valley. So the villages we visited seem to be in a hidden valley.

Me with two old Zhuang ladies in front of their house.  We walked up the steep hill with many other tourists along many houses where the minority people sold handmade things. I could not resist to by a colorful blanket for a small table. I think Joi rolled his eyes.

On the way up we had a stop around noon for lunch. Bamboo rice
and bamboo chicken we ordered. The rice as well the chopped chicken are stuffed into the bamboo with small pieces of vegetable and the chicken in addition with slices of ginger and dried hot pepper.

Then the bamboo is grilled as you can see. The rice was a little sweet from the bamboo, the best rice I ever had. The chicken was juicy with an overwhelming taste. I still can feel it in my mouth.

After descending we visited a show where girls from the Zhuang minority in traditional cloth showed traditional dances. Then they were looking for volunteer men. Of course I volunteered and was married to a minority girl. They demonstrated a traditional wedding, where I for example had to sing, dance, beat cooked rice until it was like clue (for wedding balls with nuts in it as a special dish)…

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