Bat Xat - Painting of the flood season

If tourists are looking for a tourist destination that is both majestic with mountains and hills, and romantic with trees, flowers and leaves, Bat Xat district is a place worth visiting during the flood season.

Unlike the rice fields in the plains, the rice fields in the highlands of Bat Xat - Lao Cai are depicted like steps leading to the sky, creating a beautiful landscape painting.

Muong Hum flood season.

When the first rains of summer begin, it is also the time when people go to the fields to plow and awaken the dry land after the cold winter days to prepare for a new crop. The terraced fields in the flood season are a "tourist specialty" in all the villages in the highlands of Lao Cai. When coming to Bat Xat, everywhere you can see terraced fields winding around the hillsides. The streams of water tirelessly follow each other from one step to another, weaving through the protruding rocks, running into each field, until the water reaches the ground, reflecting many colors such as the yellow of the soil, the brown of the alluvium, the blue of the sky, the white of the clouds mixed with the white of the morning mist and the bright red of the sunset... All have created an extremely beautiful painting of the flood season. For hundreds of years, the fields here have been created by the diligent hands of ethnic minority farmers known as "Barefoot Sculptors". They are all Mong, Dao, and Ha Nhi people who have lived for many years on this Bat Xat land.

Painting of Bat Xat flood season.

The terraced fields are distributed in all communes, notably The Pa valley located in the two communes of Y Ty, Ngai Thau and some communes such as Muong Hum, Den Sang, Den Thang, all of which are associated with the history of each ethnic group and are the result of the labor process, experience and creativity in bringing wet rice to cultivate on high hills. In the water season, all the villages of Bat Xat are like a land out of a fairy tale, with many bright colors standing out among the majestic and wild mountains and forests.

Visiting Bat Xat during the flood season, visitors will surely not be able to forget the tranquil beauty of a peaceful countryside hidden in the misty fog, white drifting clouds, and in the distance shimmering terraced fields under the cool afternoon sunlight.

In addition, when coming to Bat Xat, visitors can also experience the cultural life of the highlands of ethnic groups such as Ha Nhi cuisine, Mong ethnic festivals, Dao ethnic weddings, Giay ethnic weddings... which are very rich and colorful. Each ethnic group has its own lifestyle, but the common point is that they all cultivate wet rice and use buffaloes to plow. Because the terraced fields here are small and narrow in width, they are layered and undulating along the hillsides and winding steep roads hidden in the morning mist.

Y Ty clouds in the flood season.

New crop in the mountainous region.

Tourists coming to the highland villages of Bat Xat at this time will admire the pristine beauty of the picturesque terraced fields. Especially, they can experience with their own eyes the colorful beauty of the The Pa terraced fields in the pouring water season.

The The Pa terraced fields heritage complex is not only an attractive tourist destination, but also holds many cultural and historical values ​​that have been ranked as a national scenic spot by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

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