Yunnan Guide
  • Yunnan Guide
  • Travel Tips
  • Tour Planing
  • Ethnic Culture
  • Yunnan Climate
  • Golf Courses
  • Travel Articles
  • Folk festival held to mark the start of rice transplanting in Honghe Hani Terraces

    28/04/2019Amy Cha1128 wordsAbout 4 minutes

    The news was updated on April 26, 2019. 

    Traditional Kaiyangmen Festival in the Samaba Terraces of Honghe County, Honghe

    Recently the Honghe County in southeast Yunnan’s Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture celebrated the traditional Kaiyangmen Festival in the Samaba Terraces, an event to welcome the season of transplanting rice.

    As an important part of the UNESCO’s World Cultural Heritage, the Samaba Terraces are the largest of its kind in the world with a total area of more than 16,000 mu (1067 hectares).  

    Traditional Kaiyangmen Festival in the Samaba Terraces of Honghe County, Honghe

    Samaba Rice Terraces in Honghe County, Honghe

    The annually held Kaiyangmen is important to local Hani people, as it is an occasion to pray for good harvest. Early on the festive day, Hani People gathered at the terraced fields. They held rituals, sang and danced, to express their good wishes for the coming year. After the celebrations, a long-table banquet with local specialties was served, attracting 600 tourists.

    Traditional Kaiyangmen Festival in the Samaba Terraces of Honghe County, Honghe

    Traditional Kaiyangmen Festival in the Samaba Terraces of Honghe County, Honghe

    "We are interested in the Kaiyangmen, so we are here," said Mr. Zhang from Chongqing. He was fascinated by the spectacular scenery and farming ceremony.

    "Celebrating Kaiyangmen Festival is a good way to preserve Hani culture, and is of great significance to the protection, utilization and development of terraces,” said He Tao, mayor of Honghe County. Since 2015, the county has held large-scale folk custom exhibition activities during Kaiyangmen festival, a bid to explore, inherit and promote folk music and other folk culture.

    Traditional Kaiyangmen Festival in the Samaba Terraces of Honghe County, Honghe

    Samaba Rice Terraces in Honghe County, Honghe

    More About

    ENQUIRY

    Have a question before booking? Message us to learn more.
    Click to change
  • Related Posts
  • Attractions
  • Longjia Village in Baohua Town of Honghe County, Honghe Yisa: the fortress on horseback Li Si - Representative Inheritor of Yi Lezuo Dance in Honghe County, Honghe  Che Kesan - Representative Inheritor of Hani "Duoshengbu" Folk Song Project in Honghe County, Honghe  Bai Xiaobai - Master of Yi Embroidery and Paper-cut in Honghe County, Honghe  Chen Xiniang-Inheritor of Hani Folk Music in Honghe County, Honghe  Che Ge - Inheritor of Hani Folk Music in Honghe County, Honghe Lezuo Dance in Honghe County, Honghe  Chepu Village Hani Ethnic Culture Protection Area in Yangjie Town of Honghe County, Honghe Terraced Field Farming Rituals and Customs of Hani Ethnic Minority in Honghe County, Honghe Folk festival held to mark the start of rice transplanting in Honghe Hani Terraces Cherry Blossoms Valley and Cherry Blossoms Festival in Honghe County, Honghe Prefecture Duanyang Festival in Honghe County, Honghe Prefecture Kuzhazha Festival of Hani Ethnic Minority in Honghe County, Honghe Prefecture Torch Festival of Yi Ethnic Minority in Honghe County, Honghe Prefecture Kaiyangmen Festival of Hani Ethnic Minority in Honghe County, Honghe Prefecture Long Street Banquet of Hani Ethnic Minority and Shiyuenian Festival in Honghe County, Honghe Prefecture Sancun Town of Honghe County in Honghe Prefecture Diema Town of Honghe County in Honghe Prefecture Jiache Town of Honghe County in Honghe Prefecture Chegu Town of Honghe County in Honghe Prefecture Dayangjie Town of Honghe County in Honghe Prefecture Langdi Town of Honghe County in Honghe Prefecture Leyu Town of Honghe County in Honghe Prefecture Baohua Town of Honghe County in Honghe Prefecture Azhahe Town of Honghe County in Honghe Prefecture Shitouzhai Town of Honghe County in Honghe Prefecture Luoen Town of Honghe County in Honghe Prefecture Jiayin Town of Honghe County in Honghe Prefecture Yisa Town of Honghe County in Honghe Prefecture Honghe County History Honghe County Culture Honghe County Bus Station Hani Rice Terraces Map of Honghe County How to Get to Honghe County from Kunming How to Get to Honghe County from Yuanyang County How to Get to Honghe County from Mengzi City (Wenlan Town) Tourist Attractions Map of Honghe County Region Map of Honghe County Location Map of Honghe County in Yunnan The Photos of Samaba Hani Rice Terraces in Honghe County, Honghe

    Related Categories