Yuanyang Rice Terrace
Yuanyang lies in the relatively underdeveloped southeast part of Yunnan, Honghe Hani and Yi People's Autonomous Region, about 300km south of Kunming. Yuanyang is renowned for its rice terraces, which claim as the world's largest and most spectacular one, crafted out by bare hands by the Hani people one thousand years ago and is still in use today. Because it is a relatively inaccessible part of Yunnan, the subtropical area escaped heavy development for tourism, and has so far been overlooked by the big masses. It is a self sustaining ecosystem and a perfect example of a symbiosis with nature. During winter to early spring, the entire field is irrigated with spring water from the forest above to rejuvenate and getting prepared for the next season. The Hani people have repeated this for more than a thousand years.
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10 days Yunnan Photography Tour
Kunming ----- Dongchuan Red Land ----- Chuxiong Yuanmou Earth Forest ----- Stone Forest ----- Jianshui Old Town------ Yuanyang Rice Terraces ------ Kunming
Day 1 Kunming ----- Dongchuan Red Land
After your arrival in Kunming, we drive 3 hours to visit Dongchuan Red Land ( Lepuao, Luoxiagou). On the way to Dongchuan, we'll see the highest bridge in Asia.
...Read moreKunming ----- Dongchuan Red Land ----- Chuxiong Yuanmou Earth Forest ----- Stone Forest ----- Jianshui Old Town------ Yuanyang Rice Terraces ------ Kunming
Day 1 Kunming ----- Dongchuan Red Land
After your arrival in Kunming, we drive 3 hours to visit Dongchuan Red Land ( Lepuao, Luoxiagou). On the way to Dongchuan, we'll see the highest bridge in Asia.
Day 2 Dongchuan Red Land
Get up earlily at 6 a.m, and drive 30 minutes to Damakan to see sunrise, and then drive back to Jinxiuyuan (Colorful Garden)
Day 3 Dongchuan Red Land --------- Chuxiong Yuanmou Earth Forest
Drive 5 hours to Yuanmou Earth Forest
Day 4 Yuanmou Earth Forest--------- Stone Forest
Drive 4 hours to
Day 5 Stone Forest-------- Jianshui Old Town
Day 6 Jianshu Old Town
Day 7 Jianshu Old Town-------- Yuanyang Rice Terraces
Day 8 Yuanyang
Day 9 Yuanyang
Day 10 Yuangyang -------- Kunming
H-2 10-DAY YUNNAN HIGHLIGHT TOUR
Tour Code: H-2
Destinations: Kunming—Jianshui—Yuanyang—Dali—Shaxi—Lijiang—Shangri-la
Tour Type: Sightseeing / Culture / Nature Landscape
Note: [h] = hour; (m) = meter; B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner; Highlight
Kunming (1900m): the capital and largest city of Yunnan Province, known as the Spring City. Click the photos to enlarge.
Airport pick up. Hotel drop off. [1.5h ride]
Southeast Yunnan Minority Photography 8 Days Tour
Day 1,Pick up from airport,directly drive to Jianshui Old Town,Confucian Temple
Day 2,Visit Tuanshan Village,then go to Yuanyang rice terrace cheak in hotel
Day 3,Early morning will catch the sunrise in Duoyishu,Full day exploring rice terrace and minority market town
Day 4,One more day visit minority village in the rice terrace field,afternoon drive back to Honghe county town
Day 5, Go to Yangjie to visit the Yiche women area
Day 6,full day explroing Yiche people and their villages
...Read moreDay 1,Pick up from airport,directly drive to Jianshui Old Town,Confucian Temple
Day 2,Visit Tuanshan Village,then go to Yuanyang rice terrace cheak in hotel
Day 3,Early morning will catch the sunrise in Duoyishu,Full day exploring rice terrace and minority market town
Day 4,One more day visit minority village in the rice terrace field,afternoon drive back to Honghe county town
Day 5, Go to Yangjie to visit the Yiche women area
Day 6,full day explroing Yiche people and their villages
Day 7,Drive back to Kunming,Birds Flowers Market
Day 8,Send to airport
Yuanyang Rice Terrace
Day 1 arrive in Kunming, visit the Stone Forest.
Day 2 travel to Jianshui Old Town, visit the Double Dragon Bridge and Tuanshan Village.
Day 3 Travel to Yuanyang, rice terrace sunset shot.
Day 4 sunrise shot, Hani Ethnic village, local market and countryside walk. Sunset shot in different spot of rice terrace.
Day 5 Head back to Kunming.
Yuanyang Rice Terrace
This tour start from Kunming, travel to Jianshui, visit the Jianshui Old Town, Yellow Dragon Bridge, and Tuanshan Village. Then visit Yuanyang Rice Terrace, and local minority market if we catch the right day.
Day1 travel to Jianshui by car, visit Jianshui Old Town and Yellow Dragon Bridge and temple
Day2 Visit Tuanshan Village, travel to Yuanyang
Day3 Yuanyang Rice Terrace, village around.
Day4 market, return to Kunming
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Located south of Yuanyang County Yuanyang Terrace Mountain, is a masterpiece of Hani people for generations to leave. Yuanyang Hani terraced fields cultivated with the mountain terrain changes, local conditions, then reclaimed field Pohuan large, small and steep slopes are cultivated Oda, even under rock crevices Mizobe Hom also open fields, and thus were several acres of terraced large and small only those dustpan large, often have thousands of acres of a slope.
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The picture looks like knife sculpture.
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