Yuanyang Rice Terraces In China

Yuanyang rice terraces are like tourists in wonderland, a paradise for photographers and art clubs! Their beautiful scenery, unique shapes and ethnic customs and culture behind the same shop, scenic areas Yuanyang rice terraces are excellent places you need to bring cameras. South Mountain is located in Yuanyang county of Honghe Hani and Yi Aila Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, Yuanyang Rice Terraces is known for its unrivaled masterpiece of Hani ethnic group. According to the store, the rice terraces have been developed by the ancestors of the Hani people, when they moved from their homes Aila Mountain area of ​​the Tibetan plateau about 2,500 years ago. During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the emperor gave them the title of "Magic Mountain Sculptors". Built in one generation to another, the fields in the mountains today, covers an area of ​​11 333 hectares.

Now we can see the abstract model of rice terraces at an altitude ranging from 144 along the Red River to nearly 3,000 meters. In the terraced fields in Yuanyang interest for visitors are mainly between 1,000 and 2,000 meters. Areas neat and well built no one to admit that it is a feat of human engineering performed by the people who work hard.

Yuanyang Rice Terraces and irrigation system is ingenious agricultural innovation. Ailao mountain temperate climate and high levels of vegetation to provide enough rainfall to water the terraces, but the even distribution of water to each plot on each terrace requires special skills. The Hani people call their management of water, "Wood carving to ration water" village each household selecting different shades of a wooden cross and put it in front of the terrace is a source of water. When water flows into the terraces where a given modulation, the flow stops. This system provides enough water for all the terraced plots.