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  Yuanyang Rice Terraces / 元阳梯田
  The Yuanyang Rice Terraces are the Hani ethnic minority's masterpiece of ingenuity. In unique shapes and sizes with thousands of years of history, they form a mosaic of colorful fields.
  If you are a photographer, you should not miss the Yuanyang Rice Terraces. However, the best shooting time for the terraces is from January to March. Yuanyang presents the most beautiful views when after the terraces have been irrigated and the water in the fields reflects the sunshine, creating many colors. > Photography Tips at Yuanyang Hani Terraces
  The province is one of the most diverse in China. The Northwest of the province is heavily influenced by Tibet, with whom it shares a border, and has a large ethnic Tibetan population.
  + Yuanyang Rice Terraces (travelchinaguide.com)
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  The terraced fields stretch across Honghe, Yuanyang, Luchun, and Jinping counties south of Honghe — 'the Red River'. Yuanyang County is the core area of the ​​Honghe Hani terraces with the grandest scale. In 2013, part of the county formed the *Honghe Hani Rice Terraces World Heritage Site, the 45th World Heritage Site in China.
  Of China's fifty-five officially recognized ethnic minorities, twenty-five can be found in Yunnan: about one-third of the population is not ethnic Han-Chinese. The region is renowned for its *Eighteen Oddities, distinctive traits promoted in tourist materials.
  + China's 5 Most Beautiful Rice Terraces (chinahighlights.com)
  The closest large towns to the west of Yuanyang county are Shiping (map) and Yuanjiang (map). Gejiu is the major town to the north-east and also the capital of Honghe prefecture. 70 km (43 mi) directly to the north of Yuanyang lies Jianshui (map), a small city with interesting monuments.