During its 37th session, which is taking place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, through Thursday, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee inscribed the Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces in China to ...

KUNMING, March 27 (Xinhua) -- From the camera lens of tourists, the Hani rice terraces in Yunnan Province are an idyllic emblem of traditional Chinese agriculture: vast expanses of mountain slopes ...

This little book is part of a bigger series that Zhang and her team painstakingly researched, edited and published. It is an encyclopedic collection that covers every aspect of Hani culture and ...

On the south banks of the Hong River in the mountainous terrain of southern Yunnan, the Honghe Hani Rice terraces cascade down the towering slopes of the Ailao mountains. Carved out of dense forest ...

The World Heritage Committee has inscribed a site of rice terraces in Yunnan (China) and an extension to the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park which is now known as the mixed cultural and natural Maloti ...

The Yuanyang Hani Terraces in Yunnan province were added to the 2025 World Heritage Irrigation Structures list together with three other Chinese sites in September. [Photo/Xinhua] The Yuanyang Hani ...

An aerial drone photo taken on May 2, 2025 shows performances during an event marking the beginning of rice planting in the terraced fields in Jiayin Village of Honghe County of Honghe Hani and Yi ...

China’s Hani Rice Terraces and Xinjiang Tianshan area were recently added to the UNESCO World Heritage List, bringing the total number of World Heritage Sites in China to 45. China’s Hani Rice ...

Zhang Hongzhen: Her transition from academic to fieldworker is driven by her strong convictions that the Hani way of life must be preserved. Li Jincan / for China Daily She lives and dreams about them ...

Asia, as a whole, offers an endless list of iconic sights and experiences anyone wishing to visit will likely want to tick off their bucket list. From incredible temples to a vast and varied array of ...

Who knew growing rice on a mountain could be so beautiful? The Ailao Mountains in Yunnan, China, have been carved into thousands of gradual steps, each a paddy growing red rice. The rice terraces ...