2021-04-18 14:35:24 GMT2021-04-18 22:35:24(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
by Xinhua writers Wang Changshan, Zhao Jiasong and Zeng Wei
KUNMING, April 18 (Xinhua) -- In the 1990s, French photographer Yann Layma stunned the Western world with images of cascading rice terraces in southwest China, and till today, the agricultural wonder remains as grand as ever, while the people there are living more radiant lives.
The terraced fields in Yuanyang County of Yunnan Province made it onto the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2013.
They were created by the local Hani, an ethnic group that mostly inhabits the area across the Ailao Mountains.