Sunrise on terraced rice paddies in Longji

Chinese men carry paying-tourists up to their guest house as sunrise lights up the famous Longji, or dragon's backbone, terraced rice paddies in Pingan village, just north of Guilin in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on October 6, 2011. Built in the Yuan Dynasty, the Longji rice terraces are the most famous in China. UPI/Stephen Shaver