The Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces, China covers 16,603-hectares in Southern Yunnan. It is marked by spectacular terraces that cascade down the slopes of the towering Ailao Mountains ...

During its 37th session, which is taking place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, through Thursday, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee inscribed the Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces in China ...

Hacked from mountains in south-western China, the sprawling Honghe Hani Rice Terraces stack up over more than 160sq km to create one of the most spectacular landscapes on Earth.

The UNESCO's World Heritage Committee inscribed China's cultural landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces onto the prestigious World Heritage List on June 22, bringing the total number of World ...

Marked by spectacular terraces that cascade down the slopes of mountains to the banks of rivers, the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces in south-west China’s Yunnan province is a masterpiece of man-made ...

Related: Honghe rice terraces micro - ecology This is an isolated paradise where man and nature have lived happily together for generations. But besides being a favorite perch for photographers ...

The Hani people moved into the area and began carving out these terraces 1,300 years ago. The long-term results of their land-shaping actions—now known as the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces—were ...

The Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces, China covers 16,603-hectares in Southern Yunnan. It is marked by spectacular terraces that cascade down the slopes of the towering Ailao Mountains ...

The Honghe Hani Rice Terraces in Yunnan, China, covers an immense 16,603-hectares. These spectacular terraces cascade down the slopes of the towering Ailao Mountains to the banks of the Hong River.

Honghe Hani Rice Terraces Yunnan Province, China. Photo by Ronald Tagra, CC BY 2.0. The terraced slopes of the Ailao Mountains in China’s southern Yunnan Province contain what are arguably the ...

Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces - map of inscribed property: Decisions; 2015 39COM 7B.61 - Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces (China) (C 1111) 2013 37COM 8B.24 - Cultural ...