Marked by spectacular terraces that cascade down the slopes of mountains to the banks of rivers, the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces in southwest China’s Yunnan province is a masterpiece of man-made work that combines with nature, demonstrating the extraordinary harmony between people and their environment. Over the past 1,300 years, people of various ethnic groups, including Hani, Yi, Dai, Zhuang, Miao and Han have developed a complex system of channels to bring water from forested mountaintops to the eye-catching terraces located in Yuanyang county of the province’s Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture.
(Photo/Courtesy of the media convergence center of Jingdong county) In recent years, Jingdong Yi Autonomous County of Pu’er City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, has stepped up its efforts to preserve the local ecological environment and its biodiversity, offering an ideal habitat for the Phayre's leaf monkey. Phayre's leaf monkeys, which are under national first-class protection, can be found in the two national nature reserves located within Jingdong County, namely Wuliang Mountain and Ailao Mountain.
Infrared cameras have recently captured footage of stump-tailed macaques at 18 monitoring sites at the Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve in southwest China’s Yunnan province. Gaoligong Mountain, where the nature reserve is located, boasts high vegetation coverage and is completely undisturbed by human activities.
Southwest China's Yunnan province is one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots. Its unique climate and complex topography have nourished a rich diversity in wild edible mushrooms.
