Honghe Hani Rice Terraces

Honghe Hani Rice Terraces Overview

Chinese Name: 红河哈尼梯田 English IPA: Honghe Hani Rice Terraces Location: The South of Yunnan Population (city): Language: Zip code: Tel code: Time zone:

Honghe Hani Rice Terraces are the system of Hani rice-growing terraces located in Honghe Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China. The terraces’ history spans around 1,200 years. Honghe Hani Rice Terraces are distributed in four counties of Honghe Prefecture, including Yuanyang County, Honghe County, Jinping County and Lvchun County. The total area of Honghe Hani Rice Terrace measures 1,000,000 mu. The core area of the terraces is located in Yuanyang County. In 2013, the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces were listed as the 45th World Heritage Site in China, making China the second largest world heritage country, second only to Italy.

Highlights of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces

1. Hani Rice Terrace Culture: Honghe Hani Rice Terrace has a long history of more than 1200 years. The Best-known rice terraces include Laohuzui(Tiger Mouth) Rice Terrace, Duoyishu Rice Terrace, Bada Rice Terrace and Longshuba Rice Terrace in Yuanyang County; Baohua Samaba Rice Terrace Field(宝华撒玛坝万亩梯田) in Honghe County; as well as Dongzhu Rice Terraces and Lagu Hani Rice Terraces in Lvchun County.

2. Ethnic groups and culture: There are a great number of ethnic minority people living in Yuanyang County, Honghe County, Jinping County and Lvchun County for generations. Ethnic groups in this area include Hani, Yi, Miao, Dai, Yao and other ethnic minority groups, among them, Hani minority is main ethnic group. Hani people created a brilliant terrace culture. You can have a ethnic minority discovery tour here.

3. A Heaven for Photographers: Every year, a crowd of photographers are attracted by the spectacular view of Honghe Hani rice terrace like sunrise, sunset, sea of cloud. More and more people admire the charm of Honghe Hani rice terrace.

Hot Destinations in Honghe Hani Rice Terraces

• Honghe
• Yuanyang Hani Rice Terraces

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• Honghe Hani Rice Terraces
• Yuanyang County

Honghe Hani Rice Terraces Attractions

Honghe Hani Rice Terraces refer to four counties in Honghe Autonomous Prefecture, Yuanyang, Honghe County, JInping County and Lvchun County. Honghe Hani Rice Terrace is well-known for Hani Rice Terraces, the most popular paradise for photographers, making it the ideal place to shoot natural large-scale Terraces, sunrise, sunset and sea of cloud. Honghe Hani Rice Terraces was listed in the World Heritage in 2013. The main Honghe Hani Rice Terrace attractions focus on the Hani Rice Terrace, like Laohuzui (Tiger Mouth) Rice Terrace, Duoyishu Rice Terrace, Bada Rice Terrace and Longshuba [...]

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Honghe Hani Rice Terraces Tours

Honghe Hani Rice Terraces tours are always related to other popular destinations, Kunming, Jianshui, Dali, Lijiang and Shangari-la. There are Hani, Yi, Yao, Dai, Miao, Lahu and Han, etc, ethnic groups living in the area. Among them, Hani minority is the main ethnic group and Hani people create the spectacular Hani Rice Terraces. In addition, there are many well-known Hani Rice Terraces like Bada Rice Terraces, Duoyishu Rice Terraces and Laohuzui Rice Terraces, etc. Therefore, our Honghe Hani Rice Terraces tour packages are [...]

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Climate & When to Go

The Climate of Honghe Hani Rice Terrace is involved in four counties, Yuanyang, Honghe County, Jinping County and Lvchun County. However, because of high altitude and low latitude, climate in Honghe Hani Rice Terrace belongs to subtropical monsoon climate zone, with obvious three dimensional climate. Climate in Yuanyang Because of high altitude and low latitude, climate in Yuanyang is subtropical mountain monsoon climate, with the three-dimensional climatic feature of "one mountain with four seasons, one mile with different climate". Yuanyang County [...]

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Transportation

There are bus terminals in Yuanyang County, Honghe County, Lvchun County and Jinping County. You can take the long distance bus to the counties. The followings are something about Honghe Hani Rice Terraces Transportation. Transportation of Yuanyang County At present, there is no airport in Yuanyang, you can't go to Yuanyang by plane. Yuanyang airport is under plan and construction, in the coming years, taking flight to Yuanyang could be available. But now, there are three main modes of transportation, long-distance bus, train [...]

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Festivals and Activities

Main ethnic groups in Honghe Hani Rice Terraces are Hani, Yi, Han, Dai, Miao, Yao, Zhuang. Hani People are indigenous peoples, living in Honghe Hani Rice Terraces for generations. These minority people created their own traditional culture, so there are diverse festivals and activities in Honghe Hani Rice Terraces. Festivals in Honghe Hani Rice Terraces 1. Kuzhazha Festival(苦扎扎节)  Celebrated in the middle of the 6th lunar month, Kuzhazha Festival is also called June New Year. It is one of the grandest traditional festivals of Hani people [...]

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Travel Tips

Travel Tips of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces provide you some considerations when you are traveling in Honghe Hani Rice Terraces. These tips will be helpful for planning your Hani Rice Terraces tour. Useful Numbers Fire: 119 Police: 110 Ambulance: 120 Weather Forecast: 121 Phone Dialing Code: 0873 Consumer Complaint: 12315 Postcode of Yuanyang: 662400 Postcode of Honghe County: 654400 Postcode of Lvchun County: 662500 Postcode of Jinping County: 661500 Tourist Complaint of Honghe Prefecture: 0873-3727548 Dressing and Sunscreen Most places in Honghe Prefecture enjoy tropical monsoon climate with abundant rainfall and clear dry and wet season. 1. During dry [...]

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Useful Maps

If we go to somewhere new, maps are good support for us. To help you have a better understanding of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces, we provide you different Honghe Hani Rice Terraces maps including tourist attractions maps of Yuanyang, Hani Rice Terraces maps in Lvchun County, Hani Rice Terraces maps in Honghe County, Hiking Tour Map of Yuanyang Hani Rice Terraces, Location maps and tour maps of Honghe Hani Rice Terrace, as well as some transportation maps, etc, through which you can know [...]

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Honghe Hani Rice Terraces Accommodation

As a top destination in Yunnan, Where to stay in Honghe Hani Rice Terraces is not even a problem now. Usually, you can find a place to stay around Hani Rice Terraces. In recent years, Honghe Hani rice terraces have attracted a group of tourists from home and abroad. In Honghe Hani rice terraces, some hotels with favorable price are available. Hotels in Yuanyang County 1. Yunti Hotel(3-star)元阳云梯大酒店 Address: The Core area of Hani Terrace, Xinjie Town, Yuanyang County(元阳县新街镇哈尼梯田核心区) Tel: 0873-5624858 2. Duoyishu Landscape Inn元阳云上天上多依树景观客栈 Address: Huangcaoling Village, Duoyishu, Shengcun, Xinjie Town(新街镇胜村多依树黄草岭村) Tel: 18187375998 Hotels [...]

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