China
Ping An
- a Zhuang village at "The Dragon's Backbone" -
- surrounded by spectacular rice fields -
Page added: 2022-01-07
Note:
Often I have read or heard the statement that the rice terraces at Banawe north of Baguio in the Philippines should be the most fantastic and gorgeous in the World.
And magnificent they are indeed, although now spoiled by the usual tourist curio shops with rip-off prices.
However,- having explored both the Banawe- as well as China's the Ping An rice terraces, I have no doubt that it is China who is the clear winner in the "Great World Wide Rice Terrace Competition".
At this moment I have still not uploaded any pictures from my travels in the Philippines, which makes it difficult to compare the scenic beauty of the rice terraces at Banawe to those of Ping An.
If I get old enough, - I will of course - sooner or later - also display pics and stories from my exploration of the Phillippines, - but when?
Let's see what happens - - -
But for now,- please enjoy the spectacular rice fields of China's Zhuang people on the "Dragon's Backbone" - - -
2003-18-010 - Ping An - Zhuang People at the bus stop - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
When Kit Yu and I found ourselves in the last local bus going to Ping An, we could not avoid to notice, that a lot of the bus passenger were dressed differently from other bus passengers in China - - -
They were the local minority people - the Zhuang - and obviously they were going the same way as us, because our destination was the same as their - the village Ping An - - -
Karsten - on the way from the bus stop - up the slope of the "Dragons Backbone" - to the villasge of Ping An, where we hoped to find some place where we could stay during our visit - - - (Photo- and copyright: Kit Yu Tao)
2003-16-039 - Here the Zhuang village - Ping An - on the slopes of the beautiful mountain range "The Dragon's Backbone". (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2003-17-025 - Ping An - roofs and bamboo - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2003-17-011 - Ping An - Kit Yu on the wonderful trails of "The Dragon's Backbone" - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2003-17-025 - Ping An - early morning, - a great view to the village to the right, - and the valley below - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2003-17-041 - Ping An - spectacular morning mist in the valley below the "Dragon's Backbone" - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2003-17-011 - Ping An - and here the terraces at late afternoon - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2003-16-029 - Ping An - and another view in magnificent afternoon light - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2003-17-038 - Ping An - rice fields on the slopes of Dragon's Backbone - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2003-17-050 - Ping An - and rice terraces- (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2003-16-028 -
Ping An - rice fields and bamboo -
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2003-16-023 - Ping An - rice terraces on the "Dragon's Backbone" - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2003-16-024 - Ping An - more rice terraces - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2003-16-048 - Ping An - Kit Yu - on the trails of the "Dragon's Backbone" - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2003-16-022 - Ping An - passing magnificent rice terraces - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2003-16-025 - Ping An - possibly the place with the most beautiful and unique rice terraces in the World - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
Please continue to part 2 of our Ping An experience - PING AN-2