Author(s)

Xu Jian, Ye Haihan, Yang Ping, Zhang Shuai

Corresponding Author

Xu Jian

Abstract

The Hani people have formed a unique cultural landscape system during the long-term use of natural transformation. They have the vertical gradient characteristics of mountain forests, villages and terraces, and the water system is the link. Among them, the forest and water system are the ecological components of the cultural landscape, and the terraces and villages are the production and living carriers of the cultural landscape. Taking the Hani terraced fields in Honghe County as an example, the natural and human characteristics of each element are analyzed. The characteristics can be summarized as follows: the mountain forest is the base of ecological protection and the spiritual guardian of the Hani people; the water system plays the role of longitudinal replenishment link. The terraces are the core plaques production, and the Hani farming culture is formed in the rice production process; the village has the characteristics of “large dispersion, small settlement” and is the center of living places.

Keywords

Cultural landscape; Hani terrace; landscape pattern; constituent elements