The Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras are a World Heritage Site consisting of a complex of rice terraces on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. They were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1995, the first-ever property to be included in the cultural landscape category of the World Heritage List. [ 2 ]

2024年11月4日 · Located at the foot of the Cordillera mountain ranges, lies the province of Ifugao. And whenever Filipino locals hear the word Ifugao, the striking image of the Rice Terraces (also known as Mga Hagdang-Hagdang Palayan) comes to mind.

2018年8月17日 · Explore the Emerald Rice Terraces of the Philippines. This ancient cultural landscape beautifully illustrates human harmony with nature.

The rice terraces are situated in the Cordilleras of Luzon island. The remote area—some 220 miles (350 km) from Manila—has long been home to the Ifugao, wet-rice agriculturalists who began building the terraces about the 1st century ce.

The Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras are truly outstanding in all of the agricultural landscapes of the world. Their setting in the high-altitude steep slopes of the Cordilleras gives them their unmatched beauty as well as isolates and preserves their unique cultural heritage.