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Tranquil golden season returns to Bat Xat

Thứ Tư, 30/08/2023, 21:38

Tens of thousands of hectares of terraced fields in Bat Xat District, Lao Cai Province, have turned yellow with ripe rice.

1_1.jpg -0 — This is the most beautiful season of Bat Xat, a district of the orthwestern mountainous province of Lao Cai, right on the foot of Fansipan Mountain. The stunning beauty of terraced ripening paddy fields is a unique tourism product of the locality. Rice in nany rice fields is fully ripe. There, at night, the temperature is low and dew is everywhere on plants. However, at 6 a.m., golden rays of sunlight cover the terraced fields.

1_2.jpg -1 — Terraced fields are typical in Bat Xat and associated with the history of local ethnic minorities. They are the results of their working process and prove the creativity of the locals when bringing wet rice crops to high hills. The ethnic groups who live in this region have been relying on agriculture for centuries and the techniques they have used, and the terrain that provide the fields are much the same as they have always been.

1_3 (1).jpg -2 — The magnificent terraced paddy fields, with seemingly endless stretches of golden grains can be found in high-altitude communes like Y Ty, A Lu, Ngai Thau, Muong Hum.

1_4.jpg -3 — Bat Xat district is blessed with pristine nature all-year-round, but autumn time is considered the best time to visit the locality with its golden landscape. Coming to the autumn Bat Xat, travellers can capture the stunning paddy fields while exploring the local cultures.

1_5.jpg -4 — The rice cultivation around the hills has been practised by local people for generations as a unique method of farming in the northwestern region.

By An Nhien (Photo: VNA)

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