Popular Yuanyang Attractions
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Yuanyang Rice Terraces
Yuanyang rice terraces were carved in the Ailao Mountains of Yuanyang County, Honghe Hani and Yi Prefecture of Yunnan Province by the ancestors of the Hani and Yi people. This 1,200 year old Yuanyang rice terraces has also been recognized as the "most beautiful curvy lines of the world". It is the only man made wonder that is sculpted from earth. The Yuanyang Rice Terraces start from the base of the mountain...
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Laohuzui Rice Terraces
Located in the south (23km) of Yuanyang Old Town (Xinjie Town), the Tiger Mouth (Laohuzhui) Scenic Area mainly consists of Mengpin Village, Dongfu Village, Amengkong Village, Baoshan Village and etc. The area covers more than 8.5 square kilometers of rice terraces. The rice terraces here are known as the most breathtaking fields of their kinds in Yuanyang area. Some viewing areas were built for seeing and photograph...
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Bada Rice Terraces
Bada Scenic Point is situated in 44km south of Yuanyang County, 14 km from Xinjiezhen. It has more than 950 ha. rice terraces including Qingkou Village, Mali Village, Bada Village, Quanfu Village, Zhulu Village and some other Hani villages. From the foot to the top of the mounain, the terraced fields can be counted more than 3,900 steps. The Bada terraced rice fields are bravura, spectacular and stereoscopic, look beautif...
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Jingkou Hani Ethnic Village
Qingkou is a typical Hani village, 6 kilometers in the south of Xinjie Town of Yuanyang County, Honghe Prefecture. It consists of 150 families and has a population of 800 all of whom belong to the Hani ethnic group. The village has thick forests that provide hydropower, woods and firewood, which can not only protect the ecological system, but also reserve water, forms into a natural "green water reservoir"....
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Duoyishu Rice Terraces
Look like a big gulf, Duoyishu Scenic Area is located in east of Yuanyang County, about 53 km from the county seat and 23 km from Xinjie Town. Covered Duoyishu Village, Aicun Village, Dawa Village and some other 10 ethnic villages, this area is the optimum place to view the blue rice terraces, sea of clouds, sunrise, sunset and the unique Hani and Yi people's mushroom-shaped houses. Duoyishu was once the major shooting...
