[Photo] "Golden season" where the Red River flows into Vietnam

NDO - From mid-August to early September every year is considered the most beautiful time of Bat Xat (Lao Cai), where the Red River flows into Vietnam. At this time, the terraced fields winding on the hillsides in Y Ty, Muong Hum, Sang Ma Sao, A Lu, Den Sang are as yellow as gold on the high mountain slopes, white clouds flutter like thin smoke, as beautiful as Water painting.

NDO - From mid-August to early September every year is considered the most beautiful time of Bat Xat (Lao Cai), where the Red River flows into Vietnam. At this time, the terraced fields winding on the hillsides in Y Ty, Muong Hum, Sang Ma Sao, A Lu, Den Sang are as yellow as gold on the high mountain slopes, white clouds flutter like thin smoke, as beautiful as Water painting.

This season, terraced rice fields in Bat Xat ripen like gold on the mountain slopes, creating a beautiful picture. (Photo: Quoc Hong)

September is the time when the highland and border communes of Bat Xat district, Lao Cai province enter the ripe rice season. This is also the time when believers "moving", passionate about discovery begin to flock to this land to hunt for the most wonderful moments of nature, the impressive golden skies from the terraced fields. enter the harvest season.

The golden season covers the craggy mountainsides and spreading valleys in Y Ty, Den Sang, Muong Hum, Sang Ma Sao (Bat Xat). (Photo: Quoc Hong)

Not only has a cool climate and fresh air, Bat Xat district is also known as a place with beautiful terraced fields in the Northwest region. During the ripe rice season, looking down from above, the terraced fields here look like sparkling golden silk strips between high, majestic mountain peaks. All create a peaceful and poetic scene.

Spread like a giant golden fan. (Photo: QUOC HONG).

For a long time, terraced fields have been considered a typical type of farming of ethnic minorities in the Bat Xat highland area, associated with the history of each ethnic group living here and the result of the labor process. , summarizing experience and creativity in bringing wet rice to cultivation on high hills, both ensuring food and preserving forests, creating a sustainable aquatic source for human life.

Like stairs up to the sky. (Photo: Quoc Hong)

Surrounding the house is as beautiful as a picture. (Photo: Quoc Hong)

The golden season is prosperous. (Photo: Quoc Hong)

The terraced fields of Y Ty, A Lu, and Ngai Thau have existed for hundreds of years and were all created by the talented and diligent hands of ethnic minority farmers. The best people working on terraced fields are the Ha Nhi people, then the H'Mong people, the Dao people... living on the majestic Hoang Lien mountain slopes.

The road passes through the golden waves of terraced fields in the ripe rice season in Ngai Thau - Bat Xat. (Photo: Quoc Hong)

Paragliding over the golden carpet of Muong Hum. (Photo: Quoc Hong)

The Pa terraced fields in Y Ty and Ngai Thau communes have been classified as a national monument by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. With an area of ​​​​233.1 hectares, this is considered one of the fields with a beautiful and concentrated location, a "great creation" work of the Mong and Ha Nhi people here.

Bat Xat district currently has more than 3,000 hectares of terraced fields that both ensure food and are an attractive landscape, attracting domestic and foreign tourists to develop local tourism. (Photo: Quoc Hong)

The ripe rice season is coming, we invite readers to admire the amazing beauty of Bat Xat terraced fields that have captivated so many visitors to explore and experience.

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Update day : 01/09/2023