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Yuanyang County. Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China.
March 2010.
The Hani people have sculpted the mountains along the Red River for thousands of years to cultivate rice in rice paddies on terraces crafted and maintained by manual labor.
Photographed three years before the area was recognized as the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces World Heritage Site, the 45th World Heritage Site in China.
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Yuanyang County. Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China.
March 2010.
The Hani people have sculpted the mountains along the Red River for thousands of years to cultivate rice in rice paddies on terraces crafted and maintained by manual labor.
Photographed three years before the area was recognized as the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces World Heritage Site, the 45th World Heritage Site in China.