Yuanyang Terraces: The Water Mirror in the Clouds and the Millennium of the Hani People

The Yuanyang Terraces are mountains and waters carved by the Hani people over a thousand years. For three days and two nights, in the mirror-like terraced fields of irrigation season and the sea of clouds at sunrise, you can understand the symbiosis of people and mountains.

The sunrise at Duoyi Tree is the sign of Yuanyang; when sunlight crosses the ridges and layers of rice fields light up one after another, it feels as if countless mirrors illuminate the earth. Mist and clouds flow at the valley bottom, as if entering a fairyland.

The terraced fields at Laohuzui are the most steep, with lines like wild grass covering the hillsides. At sunset, the entire valley is dyed golden, and photographers line up their long and short cannons in a row, all for a fleeting moment of light.

Entering Hani Village, mushroom houses are scattered along the hillsides. Villagers still cultivate according to the ancient calendar, worshipping village gods and opening rice seedling gates, a set of rituals symbiotic with the terraced fields, inscribing their faith into every field.

The morning sea of clouds sweeps over the terraced fields, and the village looks like a lonely island floating on white waves. Smoke rises, chickens and dogs can hear, time moves slowly here, so slow you can hear your own breath.

The grandeur of Yuanyang is that people carve mountains into art. When you stand on the viewing platform and look at the entire "fingerprint of the earth," you'll understand: the most beautiful scenery is often a masterpiece created by humans and nature.