The people of Yuanyang County in southern China have been harvesting rice from a spectacular landscape of rice terraces, built up over the past 1,200 years. In 2013 the terraces were listed as a World Heritage Site. We picked a selection of our favourite photos from our archive.
Yuanyang rice terraces in the mist, Yunnan Province, China (Tao/Robert Harding)
The patchwork of Laohuzui Rice Terraces, Yuanyang, Honghe (Tao Images/Robert Harding)
Hani Akha women sifting rice at a festival in Yuanyang (age fotostock/Robert Harding)
Women sifting rice at the festival in Yuanyang (age fotostock/Robert Harding)
A woman from the Yi ethnic group looking over a dramatic landscape of rice fields (age fotostock/Robert Harding)
Hani Akha men threshing rice (age fotostock/Robert Harding)
Aerial view of the rice terraces, Yuanyang (age fotostock/Robert Harding)
Shengcun rice terraces on a cloudy day (age fotostock/Robert Harding)
See more photos of Yunnan here