Belt terraced fields in SW China's Guizhou

Source:Xinhua Published: 2013-8-6 8:37:44

Photo taken on August 4, 2013 shows the terraced fields in Jihua township of Rongjiang county, Southwest China's Guizhou Province. Due to the lack of arable land, local residents reclaimed the mountain slopes and cultivated in these terraced fields. The terraced fields, which seem like jade belts winding the mountains, so is called "belt terraced fields". (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)


 

Photo taken on Aug. 4, 2013 shows the terraced fields in Jihua Township of Rongjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province. Due to the lack of arable land, local residents reclaimed the mountain slopes and cultivated in these terraced fields. The terraced fields, which seem like jade belts winding the mountains, so is called "belt terraced fields". (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)


 

A woman of the Miao nationality draws water at the terraced fields in Jihua Township of Rongjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 4, 2013. Due to the lack of arable land, local residents reclaimed the mountain slopes and cultivated in these terraced fields. The terraced fields, which seem like jade belts winding the mountains, so is called "belt terraced fields". (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)


 

Photo taken on Aug. 4, 2013 shows the terraced fields in Jihua Township of Rongjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province. Due to the lack of arable land, local residents reclaimed the mountain slopes and cultivated in these terraced fields. The terraced fields, which seem like jade belts winding the mountains, so is called "belt terraced fields". (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)


 

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