Honghe Hani Rice Terraces

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UNESCO World Heritage Site cultural landscape rice terrace system

The Honghe Hani Rice Terraces are a vast, centuries-old system of intricately layered rice paddies carved into the mountains of Yunnan, China, renowned for their spectacular landscapes and traditional Hani agricultural practices.

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Surface form Occurrences
Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces 2
Honghe Hani Rice Terraces World Heritage Site 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
cultural landscape ⓘ
rice terrace system ⓘ
altitudeRange from about 1,440 m to 2,000 m above sea level ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup Yi people NERFINISHED ⓘ
bestKnownViewpoints Bada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Duoyishu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Laohuzui NERFINISHED ⓘ
climateType subtropical mountain monsoon climate ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culturalValue embodies Hani cosmology and land-use traditions ⓘ
estimatedHistory over 1,300 years ⓘ
governingBody People's Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasComponentArea Honghe County terraces NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jianshui terraces NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lvchun terraces NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yuanyang terraces NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesVillageType Hani traditional villages ⓘ
irrigationSystem gravity-fed channels ⓘ
knownFor integrated forest–village–terrace–water system ⓘ
rice cultivation on steep mountain slopes ⓘ
spectacular terraced landscapes ⓘ
traditional Hani agricultural practices ⓘ
landUseType wet rice agriculture ⓘ
languageContext Hani language communities ⓘ
locatedIn Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yunnan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
southwestern China NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainEthnicGroup Hani people NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainRivershed Hong River basin ⓘ
maintains traditional Hani water management customs ⓘ
management community-based management by Hani villages ⓘ
partOf Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture cultural heritage ⓘ
primaryCrop rice ⓘ
recognizedAs Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System NERFINISHED ⓘ
seasonalFeature color changes with rice growth cycle ⓘ
supports biodiversity in paddy ecosystems ⓘ
threat modern agricultural changes ⓘ
rural depopulation ⓘ
tourismAttractionType rural landscape tourism ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory cultural site ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iii) ⓘ
(v) ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2013 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Asia and the Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 1111 ⓘ
usesIrrigationFrom mountain forests ⓘ
visualFeature mirror-like flooded paddies at sunrise and sunset ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hani → UNESCOStatus → Honghe Hani Rice Terraces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Honghe Hani Rice Terraces World Heritage Site
Honghe → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteWithin → Honghe Hani Rice Terraces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces
Hani → famousFor → Honghe Hani Rice Terraces ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in China → hasPart → Honghe Hani Rice Terraces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces
Honghe → knownFor → Honghe Hani Rice Terraces ⓘ