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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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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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.
Xiyang is 55 kilometres (34 mi) away from the Jinning County seat, deep in the mountains, with 60.86% forest cover. Its highest point Leida Hill (雷打山) stands at 2,563 metres (8,409 ft) tall, while its lowest point Xiaoshiban river (小石板河) is at 1,340 metres (4,400 ft).
The county seat is the town of Lijiang (澧江镇), while the county itself is under the administration of Yuxi City. It derives its name from the Red River (Asia) , [ 2 ] which is known as the Yuan River ( 元江 ) in Yunnan, and is an important provincial crossroads for access to Southeast Asia.