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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 ...
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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 ...
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.
The Yunnan Nationalities Museum (Chinese: 云南民族博物馆; pinyin: Yúnnán Mínzú Bówùguǎn) is located on the east bank of Dian Lake in Kunming, Yunnan, China, next to the Yunnan Ethnic Village. Opened on 9 November 1995, [1] it is a comprehensive ethnology museum.
Yunnan Provincial Museum (Chinese: 云南省博物馆; pinyin: Yúnnán Shěng Bówùguǎn) is a cultural heritage museum in Kunming, China. [1] Established in 1951, it houses an exhibition centered on Yunnan 's ethnic minorities, as well as a collection of artifacts from tomb excavations at Jinning on the southern rim of Lake Dian .
Yunyang County (simplified Chinese: 云阳县; traditional Chinese: 雲陽縣; pinyin: Yúnyáng Xiàn) is a county in the northeast of Chongqing Municipality, China, bordering Hubei province to the south. In eastern Chongqing is Yunyang County with over 1,400 years of history and a reputation as the 'Bright Pearl of Chongqing'.