Longsheng Autonomous County belongs to Guilin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, located in the northeast of the autonomous region, at the junction of Hunan and Guangxi at the southwest foot of Yuechengling Mountains. Longsheng Town, the county seat, is 37 1 km away from Nanning, the capital of the autonomous region, with a highway mileage of 53 1 km. It is 63 kilometers away from Guilin in a straight line and the expressway mileage is 87 kilometers. The 32 1 national highway from Guangzhou to Chengdu passes through Longsheng, which is the throat and material distribution center for southwest Hunan, southeast Guizhou and Sichuan to enter Guangxi.