Created 1,300 years ago, this amazingly beautiful rice terrace is the long term result of land-shaping actions known as the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces.
Eighty-two small villages sit right above the rice terraces. A village might be home to 50 to 100 households, each of whom farm one or two paddies in the terrace. Along with rice, the terraces also support buffalos, cattle, ducks, fish, and eels.
Above the villages is the mountain forest, also the terraces’ water source. Over fifty inches of rain fall on the region every year, keeping its paddies well hydrated. But the rice terraces have another source of water, too.
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Source:
http://helablog.com/2013/12/nope-this-is-not-a-stained-glass-art-piece-its-an-actual-rice-field/
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