In what aspects is the cultural value of Hani Rice Terraces reflected?
The Hani terraces are also called Yuanyang terraces. Their characteristics include large area, steep terrain, many levels, and high altitude.
The Hani terraces have different shapes, are continuous and vast in area. They have not only gentle slopes of 15 degrees but also cliffs of 75 degrees. There can be up to 3001 steps on one slope, extending from the river valley to On the mountain with an altitude of more than 2002 meters, the highest limit of rice growth can be reached.
The Hani Rice Terraces are located in the southern part of Ailao Mountain in Yuanyang County, Yunnan Province. They are the core area of the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces.
The terraces of the Hani people change with the mountain topography and are adapted to local conditions. Large fields are cultivated on gentle slopes, small fields are cultivated on steep slopes, and fields are even cultivated in rock gaps under ditch edges. Therefore, there are many large terraces. The small ones are only as big as a dustpan, and often there are tens of thousands of acres on one slope.
The Yuanyang Rice Terraces are located in the southern part of Ailao Mountain in Yuanyang County, Yunnan Province. They are a masterpiece left by the Hani people for generations. Yuanyang Rice Terraces is the core area of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces. The terraces cultivated by the Hani people in Yuanyang vary with the mountain topography and are adapted to local conditions. Large fields are cultivated on gentle slopes, small fields are cultivated on steep slopes, and even fields are cultivated in rock gaps under ditch edges. Therefore, large terraces range from several acres to small ones. They are only as big as a dustpan, and often cover thousands of acres on one slope. The Honghe Hani Rice Terraces are located in southern Yunnan, spread across the four counties of Yuanyang, Honghe, Jinping and Lüchun in Honghe Prefecture, with a total area of about 1 million acres. There are 170,000 acres of terraces in Yuanyang County alone. The Yuanyang Rice Terraces are pastoral landscape paintings that the Hani people have carved endlessly for more than 1,300 years. At the 37th World Heritage Conference, the Hani Terraces of the Red River were successfully included in the World Heritage List, becoming China's 45th World Heritage, making China surpass Spain and become the second largest World Heritage country, second only to Italy.