Mu Cang Chai terraced fields (Photo: VNA) YenBai (VNA) - The Muong LoTourism-Culture Week and the Mu Cang Chai Terraced Field Festival will takeplace on September 20-25 in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai,featuring a chain of attractive activities.
Speaking at a press conference in Hanoi on August 22, Vice Chairman of theprovincial People’s Committee Duong Van Tien said the event aims to honour traditionalculture values of the locality and the country.
It will see the participation of 2019 artists, artisans, and locals in a XoeThai dance, which is seeking UNESCO’s recognition as intangible heritage ofhumanity.
As part of the festival, the 6th paraglidingfestival themed “Flying over yellow fields” will offer visitors an opportunityto get a bird’s-eye view of terraced fields.
The event will also include food and tourism exhibitions and a carnival, aimingto promote the locality’s tourism development potential.
Tien said he hopes Yen Bai’s land and people as well as tourism strengths willbe promoted, helping Yen Bai to attract more visitors.
Mu CangChai district is home to 500 hectares of rice terraces in La Pan Tan, Che CuNha 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 heritagesites in 2007 by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The localityis about 1,000 metres above sea level, making it impossible to cultivate wetrice as in deltas. Local residents grow rice in terraced fields to stop waterflowing downhill.
Terraced fields in Mu Cang Chai are beautiful year round. Visitors in March cansee glittering ponds before locals transplant rice seedlings in the period fromApril to May. After May, the hills are covered in green until the fields startto turn yellow with ripe rice in early September.
During the harvest in October, the golden rice fields stand out amidst greenforests.-VNA
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