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Yuanyang Rice Terraces, located on the southern slopes of Ailao Mountain in Yuanyang County (part of Honghe Hani Autonomous Prefecture) and located in the south of Yunnan Province has been a masterpiece of the ingenuity of the Hani people for generations. Southern Ailao Mountain, with this typical tiered landscape, is famed for its unique frontier scenery.
The Hani people's ancestors came to this steep mountain area 2,500 years ago. In their struggle against the difficult terrain they successfully established the terraces, where they grew rice in order to make a living. The technology of developing fertile land on rugged mountain slopes didn't spread all over China and Southeast Asia until 14th century. The creativity of the Hani people turned this mountain area into one of artistic beauty. In recognition, the Ming Dynasty emperor granted the title of 'Skillful Sculptor' to Hani people and their good reputation was passed down from generation to generation. At present, known as 'land sculpture' the terraced fields have been being officially acknowledged by UNESCO as a World Cultural and Natural Heritage site.
a bit of a fuller more sweeping view of the terraces at Linderhof Palace in Bavaria... I was about mid level here I believe...very green with all plants life just coming alive in early May...you can see where I took the previous image just about lower middle ...I could have looked at this scene for eons..and never tired of it...but we were off to more beauty and the Bavarian countryside was beckoning to us and heading to explore the WEISS CHURCH or in German known as the" Weiskirche"...not far away..Church in the meadow...
Done for the Tuesday/Thursday Things group.
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Kaiserstuhl, a small mountain range of volcanic origin but also a masterpiece of landscape architecture. During the last centuries people built hundreds of terraces for agriculture. At the beginning they were growing mainly corn, fruits and vegetables. Today 99% of the area is used vor winegrowing.
Overlooking the colorful vine terraces near Oberbergen. The mountain in the background is called Totenkopf (skull) and marks the highest point of the Kaiserstuhl.
This fine terrace building from the Victorian era is part of the wonderful streetscape of Cameron Street (we had a longer look at it in the previous photograph). Those fine arches and the decorative features on the building really stand out in the setting sunlight.
photo prise depuis un belvédére .Les rizières en terrasses de Yuanyang sont sans aucun doute les plus belles et spectaculaires que vous visiterez lors de votre voyage en Chine. Situées tout autour de la vieille ville de Yuanyang, ces rizières ont été sculptées dans les montagnes par la minorité Hani depuis plusieurs siècles. Un lever et un coucher de soleil sur les terrasses sont un vrai moment magique et constitue une réelle motivation pour atteindre cette région reculée et récemment ouverte aux voyageurs. Le meilleur moment pour visiter la région est de Décembre à Mai, quand les rizières sont remplies d’eau. Situé dans les Montagnes, le temps est parfois brumeux, il faut alors prendre son mal en patience pour que le temps se dégage (INFO YUNNAN road (de nombreuses photos de riziéres sur mon album YUNNAN CHINE
In Yunnan China, these rice fields are been curved for thousands of years. by hani minority Yuanyang is located in Honghe Prefecture in southeastern Yunnan province, in China, along the Red River. It is well known for its spectacular rice-paddy terracing (World Heritage )The water in the fields reflects the sunshine and creates many colors.
Several thousand pounds of calcium carbonate, carried in solution from the hot springs that bubble up through thick limestone, are deposited onto the enormous terraces each day. As the terrace complex spreads and grows, surrounding vegetation is overtaken. In this photo dead trees are seen embedded in calcium carbonate,
Maruyama Senmaida Rice Terraces.
Located : Maruyama, Kiwa-cho, Kumano-shi, Mie pref.
丸山千枚田 / 三重県熊野市紀和町丸山地区
Yuanyang Rice Terraces, located on the southern slopes of Ailao Mountain in Yuanyang County (part of Honghe Hani Autonomous Prefecture) and located in the south of Yunnan Province has been a masterpiece of the ingenuity of the Hani people for generations. Southern Ailao Mountain, with this typical tiered landscape, is famed for its unique frontier scenery.
The Hani people's ancestors came to this steep mountain area 2,500 years ago. In their struggle against the difficult terrain they successfully established the terraces, where they grew rice in order to make a living. The technology of developing fertile land on rugged mountain slopes didn't spread all over China and Southeast Asia until 14th century. The creativity of the Hani people turned this mountain area into one of artistic beauty. In recognition, the Ming Dynasty emperor granted the title of 'Skillful Sculptor' to Hani people and their good reputation was passed down from generation to generation. At present, known as 'land sculpture' the terraced fields have been being officially acknowledged by UNESCO as a World Cultural and Natural Heritage site.
Yuanyang Rice Terraces, located on the southern slopes of Ailao Mountain in Yuanyang County (part of Honghe Hani Autonomous Prefecture) and located in the south of Yunnan Province has been a masterpiece of the ingenuity of the Hani people for generations. Southern Ailao Mountain, with this typical tiered landscape, is famed for its unique frontier scenery.
The Hani people's ancestors came to this steep mountain area 2,500 years ago. In their struggle against the difficult terrain they successfully established the terraces, where they grew rice in order to make a living. The technology of developing fertile land on rugged mountain slopes didn't spread all over China and Southeast Asia until 14th century. The creativity of the Hani people turned this mountain area into one of artistic beauty. In recognition, the Ming Dynasty emperor granted the title of 'Skillful Sculptor' to Hani people and their good reputation was passed down from generation to generation. At present, known as 'land sculpture' the terraced fields have been being officially acknowledged by UNESCO as a World Cultural and Natural Heritage site.
Yuanyang Rice Terraces, located on the southern slopes of Ailao Mountain in Yuanyang County (part of Honghe Hani Autonomous Prefecture) and located in the south of Yunnan Province has been a masterpiece of the ingenuity of the Hani people for generations. Southern Ailao Mountain, with this typical tiered landscape, is famed for its unique frontier scenery.
The Hani people's ancestors came to this steep mountain area 2,500 years ago. In their struggle against the difficult terrain they successfully established the terraces, where they grew rice in order to make a living. The technology of developing fertile land on rugged mountain slopes didn't spread all over China and Southeast Asia until 14th century. The creativity of the Hani people turned this mountain area into one of artistic beauty. In recognition, the Ming Dynasty emperor granted the title of 'Skillful Sculptor' to Hani people and their good reputation was passed down from generation to generation. At present, known as 'land sculpture' the terraced fields have been being officially acknowledged by UNESCO as a World Cultural and Natural Heritage site.
I wanted to capture one of our many terraced streets here in the U.K, and finally settled on this view, taken from an elevated position.
I am actually standing where we all used to pay our electricity bills, and where, as a boy, i used to deliver an evening paper to the man in the guard house..
To visit some of the famous Balinese Rice Terraces was on top of our list for this travel. From Ubud, were we stayed for a few days, the Tegallalang Rice Terraces were the closest and the easiest to reach with the motorbike. Of course we went there early morning to avoid the crowds of tourists. That payed off. We got no people at all, payed no entrance fee and found still some fog in the valley, wich made it more mysterious. Still the athmosphere was far from the mind-blowing photos we new from some travel magazines. The vegetation period seems to make a big difference in how photogenic the scene is in total. At the time of our visit most of the fields were not ordert, just full of mud, some were irrigated and some, like in this photo, were in a very early stage of growth.
Nevertheless, I am very happy with this photo, which was one of the first I shot that day. It even got a frame, which I only do with photos that deserve a proper presentation.
The archaeological site of the Moray Terraces is located in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, Peru. These mysterious concentric circular terraces (andinas) were used for agriculture. Some scholars believe that they may have been used as a Inca agricultural research center - the higher terraces would be at a higher temperature than the inner ones and could simulate the conditions of various ecological strata. (Source: National Geographic).