Rice planting begins at Hani terraced fields

A traditional ceremony for planting rice seedlings was held on April 29 at the Hani terraced paddy fields in south Yunnan’s Yuanyang County, showing live the ancient farming customs.

The terraced fields in Yuanyang made it onto the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2013. The agricultural wonder was created by the Hani, an ethnic group that mostly inhabits areas near the Ailao Mountains.

Source: Yunnan Daily and China Daily; Trans-editing by Wang Shixue