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Binh Chuan valley is home to more than 180 hectares of wet rice fields, including over 80 hectares located 1-3 metres above stream level, which rely on water wheels for irrigation to ensure successful harvests. (Photo: Xuan Tien – VNA)
Binh Chuan valley is home to more than 180 hectares of wet rice fields, including over 80 hectares located 1-3 metres above stream level, which rely on water wheels for irrigation to ensure successful harvests. (Photo: Xuan Tien – VNA)
Water wheels are always installed along stream banks rather than midstream, carefully surveyed to minimise installation costs and effort while ensuring long-term, stable operation. Their durability comes from hundreds of interwoven bamboo stakes tied together with rattan strips at each joint. (Photo: Xuan Tien – VNA)
Water wheels are always installed along stream banks rather than midstream, carefully surveyed to minimise installation costs and effort while ensuring long-term, stable operation. Their durability comes from hundreds of interwoven bamboo stakes tied together with rattan strips at each joint. (Photo: Xuan Tien – VNA)
To prevent debris such as branches and leaves from clogging the paddles and water tubes, locals build barriers upstream to block waste from flowing into the water wheel system. (Photo: Xuan Tien – VNA)
To prevent debris such as branches and leaves from clogging the paddles and water tubes, locals build barriers upstream to block waste from flowing into the water wheel system. (Photo: Xuan Tien – VNA)
Thanks to the carefully angled bamboo tubes attached to the wheel rim, water is scooped from the stream and automatically poured into collection troughs, then channelled to irrigate the fields. (Photo: Xuan Tien – VNA)
Thanks to the carefully angled bamboo tubes attached to the wheel rim, water is scooped from the stream and automatically poured into collection troughs, then channelled to irrigate the fields. (Photo: Xuan Tien – VNA)
The weight of the water wheel is supported by a system of pillars embedded deep into the streambed and reinforced with stones packed in bamboo baskets, ensuring the structure remains upright and stable. (Photo: Xuan Tien – VNA)
The weight of the water wheel is supported by a system of pillars embedded deep into the streambed and reinforced with stones packed in bamboo baskets, ensuring the structure remains upright and stable. (Photo: Xuan Tien – VNA)
Hundreds of slightly tilted bamboo tubes are fixed along the wheel’s rim to lift water from the stream as the wheel rotates. (Photo: Xuan Tien – VNA)
Hundreds of slightly tilted bamboo tubes are fixed along the wheel’s rim to lift water from the stream as the wheel rotates. (Photo: Xuan Tien – VNA)
Each water wheel is a harmonious structure made up of multiple components. Its “soul” lies in dozens or even hundreds of evenly sized bamboo tubes attached to a central wooden axle, forming a sturdy wheel with a circumference of 7 to 15 metres. (Photo: Xuan Tien – VNA)
Each water wheel is a harmonious structure made up of multiple components. Its “soul” lies in dozens or even hundreds of evenly sized bamboo tubes attached to a central wooden axle, forming a sturdy wheel with a circumference of 7 to 15 metres. (Photo: Xuan Tien – VNA)
In areas with strong currents, additional supports are built to keep the water wheels stable and operating continuously. (Photo: Xuan Tien – VNA)
In areas with strong currents, additional supports are built to keep the water wheels stable and operating continuously. (Photo: Xuan Tien – VNA)
Along dozens of kilometres of the Khe Met stream running through Na Bo fields (Binh Chuan commune, Nghe An province), dozens of water wheels have been installed to channel water directly to irrigate the fields. (Photo: Xuan Tien – VNA)
Along dozens of kilometres of the Khe Met stream running through Na Bo fields (Binh Chuan commune, Nghe An province), dozens of water wheels have been installed to channel water directly to irrigate the fields. (Photo: Xuan Tien – VNA)
For the Thai ethnic community in Binh Chuan Valley, water wheels have long been an essential agricultural tool and play a crucial role in determining the success of rice crops on higher fields. (Photo: Xuan Tien – VNA)
For the Thai ethnic community in Binh Chuan Valley, water wheels have long been an essential agricultural tool and play a crucial role in determining the success of rice crops on higher fields. (Photo: Xuan Tien – VNA)
In Binh Chuan commune, locals have crafted and used these giant water wheels to continuously lift water from streams to irrigate fields through a natural flow system. (Photo: Xuan Tien – VNA)
In Binh Chuan commune, locals have crafted and used these giant water wheels to continuously lift water from streams to irrigate fields through a natural flow system. (Photo: Xuan Tien – VNA)
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Water wheels the highlights of Thai ethnic group in Nghe An province

Water wheels are not only irrigation tools but also a distinctive cultural feature of the Thai ethnic community in Binh Chuan valley in the central province of Nghe An.

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