Today, China has 45 World Heritage Sites totally, ranking second in the world. Honghe Hani Rice Terraces as the last list of them make China become the second most World Heritage Sites after Italy and also defeat Spain, former second place. Here, we should describe the newest amazing sites in China (Honghe Hani Rice Terraces) which also recognized as the world heritage.

About Honghe Hani Rice Terraces
With Cultural Landscapes and Charming Scenery

During its 37th session on June 22nd, 2013, which is taking place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee inscribed the Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces in China to its well-regarded World Heritage list.
Honghe Hani Rice Terraces is located at Yuanyang County in Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province. The rice terraces stretch across over 64 square miles in the province of Yunnan in southern China, from the Ailao Mountains to the Hong River. It is comprised of the forest at the hilltop, villages below the forest, the terraced fields below the villages and the Honghe water system below the terraced fields.
Over the past 1,300 years, the Hani people have developed a complex system of channels to bring water from the forested mountaintops to the terraces. Hani ethnic groups mostly live in 82 villages situated between the mountaintop forests and the terrace. Come to the terraces then from far distance, you can enjoy Hani people unique architecture "mushroom" houses and the charming rice terraces as well.
Hani Terraces is a part of a farming system that incorporates livestock such as buffalo and fish in the cultivation of red rice, the region's primary crop.

Scenery of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces
Fantastic and Perfect Art Land

Regarded onto the prestigious World Heritage List, China's cultural landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces has offer the charming scenery, created fantastic and perfect land art of vast terraced fields' unique masterpiece of ethnic art.
Honghe Hani Rice Terraces has formed a very spectacular traditional farming landscape featuring amazing rice culture. For you who are interested in the landscape and want to see the site with their own eyes, there are some best places for photography that you can remember such as, Duoyishu Scenic Spot, Bada Scenic Spot, Longshuba Scenic Spot, Laohuzui Scenic Area.
Scenery of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces represented a strong culture of Hani ethnic group, as well as environment and historical evidence of the relationship between man and nature that go back to more than a thousand years.

Experience the magnificent sight of the Hani Terraced Fields with visiting the site.