Yuanyang County

Yuanyang Overview is a relatively comprehensive introduction to Yuanyang Hani Rice Terraces. It can help you have a more comprehensive understanding of Yuanyang rice terraces from the basic information, geographical location, climate and so on.

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Yuanyang County (元阳县) lies in southern Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture (红河哈尼族彝族自治州) and contains the most celebrated landscapes of the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces (红河哈尼梯田). The county is distinguished by three internationally recognized heritage systems: a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site, a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System and a World Heritage Irrigation Structure.

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As one of the popular tourist destinations on the Yunnan classic tour routes, Yuanyang tours are connected with other top destinations in Yunnan, like Kunming, Jianshui and Shilin, etc. Kunming-Jianshui-Yuanyang tour is one of the classic routes in Yunnan. Kunming is usually served as the gateway city to Yuanyang which means it's the first station, and you will take 2-3 days exploring Yuanyang Rice Terraces as well as Jianshui Ancient Town with the ancient architecture and cultural relics. If you want to witness the masterpiece of nature with a camera, it's recommended to take our specially-designed Yuanyang and Jianshui photography tour for splendid visual feast. More theme tours like hiking tour, Muslim tour, cycling tour and festival tours are flexible, and will be customized to satisfy your specific needs.

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The information on Yuanyang climate could be helpful for preparing a Yunnan travel. Because of high altitude and low latitude, Yuanyang enjoys a subtropical mountain monsoon climate, with the three-dimensional climatic feature of "one mountain has four seasons, every mile has different weather". Yuanyang County is one of the important production places of tropical fruit, cloud-fog tea and gold.

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Since airport and railway station are not available yet in Yuanyang, transportation to Yuanyang rice terraces is relatively simplex. Long-distance bus travel is the main alternative to get to Yuanyang county currently.

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Festivals and Activities in Yuanyang include a brief introduction of main festivals and activities in Yuanyang county, and tell travelers what to do during Yuanyang Hani Rice Terraces Festivals Tours. As the main minority inhabited in Yuanyang, Hani people created brilliant culture and customs, and the unique ethnic festivals of Hani enjoy high reputation and attract a crowd of tourists.

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A journey through Yuanyang County (元阳县) is very different from a city break in Jianshui or Dali. The main sights are scattered across steep mountain slopes, sunrise and sunset depend heavily on the weather, and travelling between villages takes longer than map distances suggest. Successful Yuanyang tour planning therefore depends on choosing the right season, staying in the right area and allowing enough flexibility for changing light and mountain fog.

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If we go to somewhere new, maps are good support for us. To help you have a better understanding of Yuanyang County, we provide you different Honghe Yuanyang maps including Yuanyang location map, Yuanyang regional map, Yuanyang tourists attractions map, Yuanyang map, Yuanyang transportation map, Yuanyang travel map, etc, through which you can probably know how to get to Yuanyang County and what to discover there. Yuanyang county is located in the south of Yunnan province, the south section of Ailao mountain range. Yuanyang is adjacent to Jinping County in the east, Lvchun County in the south, Honghe County in the west, and faces Jianshui County, Gejiu City and Mengzi City in the north across the Honghe river.

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As a popular tourist destination in Yunnan, where to stay in Yuanyang is not even a problem. However, Yuanyang is a remote county far from Kunming, accommodation conditions in Yuanyang are in basic. Otherwise, in Duoyishu Rice Terraces and Shengcun Village, there are many hostels decorated in Hani style. These hostels in Duoyishu Rice Terraces are convenient for tourists to watch the sunrise and sunset and offer a excellent angle to view the beautiful scenery of rice terraces through the window.

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Food in Yuanyang County (元阳县) is closely connected to the ancient Hani rice terraces. Red rice grows on the mountain slopes, fish and snails live in the flooded fields, ducks forage between the paddies, and free-range chickens are raised around traditional villages. Together, these ingredients form a distinctive culinary tradition shaped by altitude, farming seasons and ethnic customs.

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Yuanyang County (元阳县) lies on the southern slopes of the Ailao Mountains in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture (红河哈尼族彝族自治州), southern Yunnan. Deep valleys, steep mountains and dramatic changes in elevation have shaped both the landscape and the cultures of the people who live here.

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The magnificent terraced landscape of 170,000 mu stretches in the territory of Yuanyang County. It is a masterpiece left by generations of Hani people. Perhaps photos can give you a idea about a place in advance in a intuitive way, and are easier to draw your attention than a long article. In order to attract more your attention and help you know Yuanyang County well, this part will provide you some photos of Yuanyang County. These Photos include the photos and pictures of Yuanyang tours, festivals, food, landmarks, customers travel photos as well as the top Attractions photos such as Longshuba Rice Terraces, Qingkou Rice Terraces, Bada Rice Terraces, Laohuzui Rice Terraces and Duoyishu Rice Terraces, Shengcun Market, etc.

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Shopping in Yuanyang County (元阳县) is closely connected with the Yuanyang Hani Rice Terraces (元阳哈尼梯田) and the traditions of the Hani, Yi, Dai and other ethnic communities. Unlike Jianshui, where purple pottery dominates the souvenir market, Yuanyang is best known for terrace-grown agricultural products, village markets, ethnic embroidery, handmade clothing and locally designed cultural gifts.

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Yuanyang County (元阳县) offers one of Yunnan’s most distinctive educational travel environments. Its greatest value lies in turning the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, into an open-air classroom where students can study more than 1,300 years of agricultural knowledge, mountain ecology, traditional architecture, intangible cultural heritage and community life.

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Yuanyang County has jurisdiction over 14 subdivisions, including 2 towns and 12 townships. It is further divided into 4 communities and 133 villages. Here below are detailed towns and townships in Yuanyang.

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