Cultural week of Mu Cang Chai terraced field opens
A cultural-tourism week honouring terraced paddy fields was launched with a ceremony in Mu Cang Chai district, the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai on September 18.
Yen Bai (VNA) – A cultural-tourism week honouring terraced paddy fields was launched with a ceremony in Mu Cang Chai 🔯district, the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai on September 18.
At the ceremony, about 300 ethnic H’Mong artists performed music featuring the “khen” , a traditional bamboo instrument.
During the week, which runs until September 20, there will be a paragliding festival, goat fighting, local sports and traditional products.
According to the event’s organising board, the festival is aimed at honouring the national landscape of Mu Cang Chai terraced fields and local ethnic groups’ cultural values, as well as boosting tourism development in the locality.
Mu Cang Chai has 500 hectares of rice terraces in La Pan Tan, Che Cu Nha and De Xu Phinh communes, cultivated by the H'mong people for centuries. The local terraces are among the 2,500 hectares recognised as national heritage sites in 2007 by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The locality is about 1,000 metres above sea level, making it impossible to grow rice the same way as in deltas. Local residents grow rice in terraced fields to prevent water flowing downhill.
Terraced fields in Mu Cang Chai are beautiful all year round. Visitors in March can see glittering ponds before locals transplant rice seedlings from April to May. After May, the hills are covered in green until the fields start to turn yellow with ripe rice in early September.
During the harvest in October, the golden rice fields stand out amidst green forests.-VNA
A series of cultural and tourism events is taking place in Mu Cang Chai district in the northern province of Yen Bai, celebrating the region's beautiful terraced landscapes and rich ethnic cultures.
Terraced fields are recognised by the State as national scenic places and appreciated by international mass media as the peak of beauty crystallised by Vietnamese culture and labour.
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Mu Cang Chai, in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, is renowned for its terraced fields, particularly in Autumn, when the rice pads are ripe.
Parachutes are flying over ripening rice fields at Khau Pha pass, signaling the opening of a culture and tourism week highlighting terraced fields in Mu Cang Chai district in the northern mountainous
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Terraced fields in Mu Cang Chai (Source:VNA)
