What are the cultural values of Hani terraces?

The Hani terraces, also called Yuanyang terraces, are characterized by their large area, steep terrain, many levels and high altitude.

The Hani terraces are of different shapes, continuous and extensive, with not only 15-degree gentle slopes but also 75-degree cliffs, and up to 3001 steps can be opened on one side of the slopes, which can reach the highest limit of rice growth by extending from the river valley all the way up to the mountain at an altitude of more than 2002 meters.

The Hani terraces are located in the southern part of the Mourning Mountains in Yuanyang County, Yunnan Province, and are the core area of the Red River Hani terraces.

The Hani terraces change with the mountain terrain, according to the local conditions, the slope is slow to reclaim a large field, the slope is steep to reclaim a small field, and even the ditch side of the can under the stone gap is also open, so the terraces are large acres, the small one is only a dustpan large, often a slope there are thousands of acres.

Yuanyang terraces are located in Yuanyang County, Yunnan Province, in the southern part of the Mourning Mountains, is a masterpiece left by the Hani people for generations. Yuanyang Terraces is the core area of Honghe Hani Terraces. Yuanyang Hani reclaimed terraces with the mountain terrain changes, according to the local conditions, the slope is slow to reclaim a large field, the slope is steep to reclaim a small field, and even the ditch side under the rocky gap also open the field, and thus the terraces are large acres, the small one is only a dustpan large, often a slope has thousands of acres. Honghe Hani terraces are located in the south of Yunnan, all over the red river state yuanyang, red river, jinping, luchun four counties, a total area of about 1 million acres, only yuanyang county territory there are 170,000 acres of terraces. Yuanyang terraces are the landscape and idyllic paintings that the Hani people have been "carving" for more than 1,300 years. In the 37th session of the World Heritage General Assembly in Honghe Hani terraces were successfully included in the World Heritage List, becoming China's 45th World Heritage Site, so that China surpassed Spain into the second largest world heritage country, second only to Italy.