Mu Cang Chai terraced field festival to feature various activities
The Muong Lo Tourism-Culture Week and the Mu Cang Chai Terraced Field Festival will take place on September 20-25 in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, featuring a chain of attractive activities.
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
Tourism has helped remarkably improve the lives of ethnic minority people in Cao Pha commune of Mu Cang Chai district, the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai.
Visitors to the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai will have opportunities to take an exhilarating ride on paragliders to enjoy spectacular views as the Northern Aviation Club and the Air Defence-Air Force Service are planning to open two new paragliding destinations in Mu Cang Chai district.
Over 100 pilots and a large number of visitors joined the opening ceremony of the “Flying over rising water on terraced paddies” paragliding festival 2019 on May 25 at Khau Pha Pass, Mu Cang Chai district, Yen Bai province.
The Muong Lo Cultural – Tourism Week and Mu Cang Chai terraced field festival 2019 is scheduled to take place in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai in September.
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Mu Cang Chai terraced fields (Photo: VNA) 
