Yuanyang, Yunnan
Located in Hongle Prefecture, Yunnan province, Yuanyang is well known for its spectacular rice-paddy terracing.
With a coverage of 2,200 square kilometers, the town of old Yuanyang is a Hani minority settlement atop a ridge of the Ailao mountain range at an elevation of around 1,570 meters. Mountains around the valley have been cultivated into terraced rice paddies for at least 1300 years by the Hani people, so it is a popular destination for photographers. The terraced areas of interest to visitors are mainly found between 1000 and 2000 meters above sea level.
The vast majority of the ethnic minority women in Yuanyang county still wear traditional clothes as their daily attire. Market days in the villages tend to be very colorful when the different minority groups in the vicinity, each in their own traditional costume, come to together to trade and socialize.
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