Farmers and Water Buffalo

70 percent of China 's population live a rural lifestyle and the rural area around Guilin is typical of this. The farmers in the countryside produce a great variety of produce including fruit, vegetable, sugarcane and of course rice.

The water buffalo is the most important farm animal for these farmers and you will see them working in the field and rice paddies as you explore the lush countryside. The water buffalo is used to till the field and well as a beast of burden. These docile animals graze contentedly along the paths and roads and bath in the waters of the many creeks and steams.

There are many villages in and around Guilin, in Yangshuo on the way of cycling route you will get an opportunity to get up close to Chinese farmer, to visit their house, how they work on the field, and acknowledge about the social security and education that farmers are benefit.