Mao Ning presents Hani Rice Terraces to the world

Mao Ning, spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, shared a video of the stunning landscapes of the Hani Rice Terraces in Yunnan on international social media platforms. The video offers the world a 12-hour visual journey through this UNESCO World Heritage Site.

A morning view of the Hani Rice Terraces in south Yunnan

At dawn, a spring breeze sweeps through the valley as the first rays of morning sunlight slant into the glistening terraced fields. The entire landscape looks like a giant mirror, capturing the splendor of the sky.

In the morning, distant mountains loom faintly like an unfinished ink-wash painting. Elderly Hani villagers, carrying bamboo baskets, work in the fields. Their figures fuses with the terraces, as usual for millennia.

 

An afternoon view of the Hani Rice Terraces in south Yunnan

In the afternoon, visitors wander along dew-kissed stone paths in the fields, listening to the gentle trickle of irrigation channels and admiring cherry blossoms beside the mushroom-shaped houses.

At dusk, visitors watch smoke curl from chimneys and late at night, they listen to the chorus of insects and frogs... Here, time is redefined, and life unfolds in unhurried, poetic harmony.

 

Visitors have selfies at the Hani Rice Terraces in south Yunnan.

After this video was shared, it received positive feedback from overseas net users who had visited the Hani Rice Terraces.

Canadian blogger Ali Feizi wrote the following comment under Mao Ning’s post:

  

The comment by Canadian blogger Ali Feizi

The Honghe Hani rice fields, located in southeastern Yunnan, were sculpted by the Hani people who began to settle along the Red River over 1,300 years ago. They carved the towering Ailao Mountains into a work of agricultural art.

The terraces cascade across mountain slopes. With up to 3,700 tiers stretching from foothills to summits and vertical drops exceeding 2,000 meters, they create a awe-inspiring vista among visitors .

 

A view of the Hani Rice Terraces in south Yunnan 

Last spring, Chea Munyrith, president of the Cambodian Chinese Evolution Researcher Association and member of the executive committee of Cambodia-China Friendship Association, visited the Hani Terraces. The fields, springs, mushroom houses, and warm-hearted villagers amazed him: “I didn’t believe such beauty exists in reality—until I saw the Hani Terraces.”

From December to April each year, the terraces offer their best to visitors. Layers of fields, sea of clouds, and villages intertwine like an oil painting.Welcome to the Hani terraces!

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