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  2. Yuanyang County, Yunnan - Wikipedia

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    Yuanyang county lies at an altitude ranging from 140 along the Red River up to nearly 3000 metres above sea level in the Ailao mountains [4] and is situated about 50 km (31 mi) north of the border with Vietnam. The climate of Yuanyang county is mainly central sub-tropical monsoon with wet summers and dry winters.

  3. Honghe Hani Rice Terraces - Wikipedia

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    The Honghe Hani Rice Terraces are the system of Hani rice-growing terraces located in Yuanyang County, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan, China. The terraces' history spans around 1,200 years. The total area stretches across 1,000,000 acres and four counties: Yuanyang, Honghe, Jinpin and Lüchun, although the core area of the terraces is located in ...

  4. Category:Yuanyang County, Yunnan - Wikipedia

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  5. Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture - Wikipedia

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    In 2008, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of the People's Republic of China nominated the Honghe Hani Terraced Fields of Yuanyang County for World Heritage Site status. It was added to the list on 22 June 2013, bringing the total number of World Heritage Sites in China to 45.

  6. History of Yunnan - Wikipedia

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    Bronze cowrie container, Western Han dynasty (202 BC – 9 AD), Yunnan Provincial Museum, Kunming; cowrie shells were used as an early form of money in this region of China and were kept in elaborately decorated bronze containers such as this one, surmounted by a freestanding gilded horseman who is encircled by four oxen, that are approached in turn by two tigers climbing up on opposite sides ...

  7. Yuanyang - Wikipedia

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    Yuanyang may refer to: Mandarin duck, also known as yuanyang (鸳鸯) Yuenyeung (鴛鴦), a popular beverage in Hong Kong, named after the mandarin duck; Yuanyang County, Henan (原阳县) Yuanyang County, Yunnan (元阳县), well known for its spectacular rice-paddy terracing; Yuanyang (character), in the Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber

  8. Yuanyang County, Henan - Wikipedia

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    Yuanyang County (simplified Chinese: 原阳 县; traditional Chinese: 原陽縣; pinyin: Yuányáng Xiàn) is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Xinxiang, in the north of Henan province, China.

  9. Battle of Yan Ford - Wikipedia

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    Yuan Shao followed close behind and made camp at Yangwu (陽武; near present-day Yuanyang County, Henan), immediately north of Guandu. He had ignored Ju Shou 's advice to leave a garrison at Yan Ford as a cautious step, and had all his forded forces concentrated at Yangwu, and now a decisive battle became imminent.