Photo reportage
Pu Luong during Harvest Season

Terraced fields in Huou Hamlet in Phu Luong during harvest. Photo: Thong Thien.

Terraced fields in Huou Hamlet in Phu Luong during harvest. Photo: Thong Thien.

When going to harvest rice, the Thai people often bring with them coong to weed to prepare for new cultivation. Photo: Thong Thien

When going to harvest rice, the Thai people often bring with them coong to weed to prepare for new cultivation. Photo: Thong Thien

Water wheel is an invention of the Thai people to send water into the terraced fields in Phu Luong. Photo: Viet Cuong

Water wheel is an invention of the Thai people to send water into the terraced fields in Phu Luong. Photo: Viet Cuong

Carrying rice to the hamlets. Photo: Viet Cuong

Carrying rice to the hamlets. Photo: Viet Cuong

Due to the terrain being separated by ranges of low mountains, the local people must carry rice to their hamlets. Photo: Viet Cuong

Due to the terrain being separated by ranges of low mountains, the local people must carry rice to their hamlets. Photo: Viet Cuong

Transporting rice to the hamlets using buffaloes and cows in flat terrains. Photo: Viet Cuong

Transporting rice to the hamlets using buffaloes and cows in flat terrains. Photo: Viet Cuong

Drying rice. Photo: Thong Thien

Drying rice. Photo: Thong Thien

Glutinous rice is a speciality of the Thai people in Phu Luong. Photo: Thong Thien

Glutinous rice is a speciality of the Thai people in Phu Luong. Photo: Thong Thien

Plucking rice under the floor. Photo: Thong Thien

Plucking rice under the floor. Photo: Thong Thien

During harvest, the older people help their children with light work, such as winnowing rice. Photo: Thong Thien

During harvest, the older people help their children with light work, such as winnowing rice. Photo: Thong Thien

The Thai people often dry rice in flat baskets. Photo: Viet Cuong

The Thai people often dry rice in flat baskets. Photo: Viet Cuong

Harvested fields are ready for new cultivation. Photo: Viet Cuong

Harvested fields are ready for new cultivation. Photo: Viet Cuong

  • Terraced fields in Huou Hamlet in Phu Luong during harvest. Photo: Thong Thien.
  • When going to harvest rice, the Thai people often bring with them coong to weed to prepare for new cultivation. Photo: Thong Thien
  • Water wheel is an invention of the Thai people to send water into the terraced fields in Phu Luong. Photo: Viet Cuong
  • Carrying rice to the hamlets. Photo: Viet Cuong
  • Due to the terrain being separated by ranges of low mountains, the local people must carry rice to their hamlets. Photo: Viet Cuong
  • Transporting rice to the hamlets using buffaloes and cows in flat terrains. Photo: Viet Cuong
  • Drying rice. Photo: Thong Thien
  • Glutinous rice is a speciality of the Thai people in Phu Luong. Photo: Thong Thien
  • Plucking rice under the floor. Photo: Thong Thien
  • During harvest, the older people help their children with light work, such as winnowing rice. Photo: Thong Thien
  • The Thai people often dry rice in flat baskets. Photo: Viet Cuong
  • Harvested fields are ready for new cultivation. Photo: Viet Cuong

Scattered on ranges of low mountains in the Pu Luong Nature Reserve in Ba Thuoc District, Thanh Hoa Province are beautiful valleys of terraced rice paddies that are being harvested.
During this time of the year, Pu Luong looks like a charming painting with yellow rice paddies, promising a bumper crop and the joy and happiness of the mountain farmers. Furthermore, the bustling life of the Thai ethnic people during harvest seem to beautify Pu Luong, the land having a great tourism potential.
 
By Viet Cuong-Thong Thien