Honghe Hani Rice Terraces

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UNESCO World Heritage Site cultural landscape rice terrace system

The Honghe Hani Rice Terraces are a vast, centuries-old system of intricately layered rice paddies carved into the mountains of Yunnan, China, renowned for their spectacular landscapes and traditional Hani agricultural practices.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces	4
Honghe Hani Rice Terraces canonical	4
Honghe County terraces	1
Honghe Hani Rice Terraces World Heritage Site	1
Laohuzui (Tiger Mouth) rice terraces	1
Yuanyang terraces	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8366309 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Honghe Hani Rice Terraces
Context triple: [Hani, famousFor, Honghe Hani Rice Terraces]

A. Longji Rice Terraces
Longji Rice Terraces is a famous mountainous rice terrace landscape in southern China renowned for its spectacular layered fields that change dramatically with the seasons.
B. Cancar rice terraces
Cancar rice terraces are a distinctive spiderweb-shaped rice field landscape near Ruteng on Flores Island in Indonesia, known for their unique circular layout and scenic beauty.
C. Banaue Rice Terraces
Banaue Rice Terraces are ancient, mountainside rice paddies in the Philippines renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and an iconic example of indigenous Ifugao engineering and landscape cultivation.
D. Tegallalang rice terraces
Tegallalang rice terraces are a famous, photogenic series of stepped rice paddies in Bali known for their lush landscapes and traditional subak irrigation system.
E. Jatiluwih Rice Terraces
Jatiluwih Rice Terraces are expansive, UNESCO-recognized rice paddies in Bali renowned for their traditional subak irrigation system and stunning terraced landscapes.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Honghe Hani Rice Terraces
Target entity description: The Honghe Hani Rice Terraces are a vast, centuries-old system of intricately layered rice paddies carved into the mountains of Yunnan, China, renowned for their spectacular landscapes and traditional Hani agricultural practices.

A. Longji Rice Terraces
Longji Rice Terraces is a famous mountainous rice terrace landscape in southern China renowned for its spectacular layered fields that change dramatically with the seasons.
B. Cancar rice terraces
Cancar rice terraces are a distinctive spiderweb-shaped rice field landscape near Ruteng on Flores Island in Indonesia, known for their unique circular layout and scenic beauty.
C. Banaue Rice Terraces
Banaue Rice Terraces are ancient, mountainside rice paddies in the Philippines renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and an iconic example of indigenous Ifugao engineering and landscape cultivation.
D. Tegallalang rice terraces
Tegallalang rice terraces are a famous, photogenic series of stepped rice paddies in Bali known for their lush landscapes and traditional subak irrigation system.
E. Jatiluwih Rice Terraces
Jatiluwih Rice Terraces are expansive, UNESCO-recognized rice paddies in Bali renowned for their traditional subak irrigation system and stunning terraced landscapes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ cultural landscape ⓘ rice terrace system ⓘ
altitudeRange	from about 1,440 m to 2,000 m above sea level ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup	Yi people ⓘ
bestKnownViewpoints	Bada ⓘ Duoyishu ⓘ Laohuzui ⓘ
climateType	subtropical mountain monsoon climate ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
culturalValue	embodies Hani cosmology and land-use traditions ⓘ
estimatedHistory	over 1,300 years ⓘ
governingBody	People's Republic of China ⓘ linked to: China
hasComponentArea	Honghe County terraces ⓘ linked to: Honghe Hani Rice Terraces Jianshui terraces ⓘ linked to: Lvchun terraces Lvchun terraces ⓘ Yuanyang terraces ⓘ linked to: Honghe Hani Rice Terraces
includesVillageType	Hani traditional villages ⓘ
irrigationSystem	gravity-fed channels ⓘ
knownFor	integrated forest–village–terrace–water system ⓘ rice cultivation on steep mountain slopes ⓘ spectacular terraced landscapes ⓘ traditional Hani agricultural practices ⓘ
landUseType	wet rice agriculture ⓘ
languageContext	Hani language communities ⓘ
locatedIn	Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture ⓘ Yunnan Province ⓘ southwestern China ⓘ linked to: Southwest China
mainEthnicGroup	Hani people ⓘ
mainRivershed	Hong River basin ⓘ
maintains	traditional Hani water management customs ⓘ
management	community-based management by Hani villages ⓘ
partOf	Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture cultural heritage ⓘ
primaryCrop	rice ⓘ
recognizedAs	Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System ⓘ linked to: FAO Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (Barroso)
seasonalFeature	color changes with rice growth cycle ⓘ
supports	biodiversity in paddy ecosystems ⓘ
threat	modern agricultural changes ⓘ rural depopulation ⓘ
tourismAttractionType	rural landscape tourism ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory	cultural site ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(iii) ⓘ (v) ⓘ (vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear	2013 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion	Asia and the Pacific ⓘ linked to: Asia-Pacific
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	1111 ⓘ
usesIrrigationFrom	mountain forests ⓘ
visualFeature	mirror-like flooded paddies at sunrise and sunset ⓘ

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