2026-06-27http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/296738Xinhua Ziquejie Terraces are a typical rice terraces system. This area was inhabited since Qin and Han Dynasties. The Xinhua Ziquejie Terraces have a long history for more than one thousand years since there were the written records about terraces reclamation in Song Dynasty. Xinhua Ziquejie Terraces have formed a staggered three-dimensional landscape consists of forest, folk houses, terraces and waters. For thousands of years, ancient residents in Ziquejie built terraces according to the local topography, geology, soil, forest vegetation and water features.137 p.application/pdfFAOAnnex 3. Rice Terraces Systems in Subtropical China-- -- Xinhua Ziquejie TerracesGlobally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)Project