Longlin Autonomous County is located in the northwest of Baise City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, at the junction of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi provinces. It borders tianlin county in the east, Xilin County in the south and southwest, Nanpanjiang River in the north and northwest, and Xingyi City, Anlong County and Ceheng County in Guizhou Province, with a total area of 355 1 km2. It accounts for 1.5% of the total area of the autonomous region and 9.77% of the total area of Baise city. It is located between 24 22 ′ and 24 59 ′ north latitude and 65 438+004 47 ′ and 65 438+005 465 438+0 ′ east longitude.
Longlin is a mountainous county with high altitude, mainly Zhongshan, and no plain. The terrain is high in the south and low in the north, and it slopes from west to east. Jinzhongshan Mountains run across the county from west to east. Hongdupo in the south is1950.8m above sea level, which is the highest peak in the county. The elevation of Mayipo in the southwest is 1826m, that of Jinzhongshan in the west is 18 19.4m, and the intersection of Shali River and Nanpanjiang River in the east is 380m, which is the lowest point in the county, and the vertical difference between the highest point and the lowest point is 60. Geomorphological structure can be divided into two categories: Tushan area (insoluble rock) and Shishan area (dissolved rock).
The folk culture of Longlin County;
1, "Torch Festival" is to light torches and celebrate the festival around bonfires. June 24th of the lunar calendar is the Torch Festival of the Yi people. On this day every year, Yi residents wear national costumes to celebrate the festival for three days. Before the festival, every family should prepare rich food and enjoy and entertain relatives and friends during the festival. During the festival, daytime activities mainly include polishing autumn, discrediting face, horse racing, bullfighting, wrestling and kicking shuttlecock.
2. Taste the New Year Festival, also called Eating the New Year Festival, is the most grand festival for the Gelao people living in Longlin. Every year before and after the summer harvest, the new grain in the field is ripe, and the Gelao people hold "tasting the new" activities. Villages with early summer harvest are usually held on the first "Dragon Day" or "Dog Day" in the seventh month of the lunar calendar. Villages with late summer harvest are held on the "Snake Day" in August, so there is a saying that "seven eat dragons" and "eight eat snakes".