Terraced fields are fields with strip-like terraces or wavy sections built along the contour line on the hillsides. It is an effective measure to control soil erosion on sloping farmland, and it has significant effects on water storage, soil conservation and yield increase. Terraced fields have better ventilation and light transmission conditions, which is conducive to crop growth and accumulation of nutrients.
The terraced fields produced under the needs of agriculture have also contributed to many natural beauties. Terraced fields around the world have different scenery, but they are all beautiful and attractive. Let’s take a look at which terraced fields are desirable.
1. Rice fields on the terraced fields of Mucangzhai, Yanbai, Vietnam
Using terraces helps prevent erosion and soil loss, and as long as the soil is properly cared for, hillsides can be used for farming all the time. The rice terraces of the Cordillera in the Philippines are believed to be 2,000 years old and were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995.
2. Terraced fields in Meiguo Village, Chiang Mai, Thailand
The most famous terraced farming is in Asia. Rice requires a lot of water to grow and is best grown in flat areas, but it can be difficult to find a terrain large enough and ideal for growing a large crop. Choosing to use terraced fields for farming is a smart way to turn a land that at first seemed unsuitable for cultivation into a perfect paddy field.
3. Beautiful terraced fields in Bali, Indonesia
Terrace farming is used to grow rice, barley and wheat in East and Southeast Asia and is an important part of agricultural systems. But the Asian country isn't the only place where terraces are used.
4. Tegalalang Rice Terraces
Teglalang Rice Terraces is a famous terraced field in Bali. It is mainly concentrated in the Teglalang area, north of Ubud, on the side of the highway via Quanzhi. Here you will find many familiar scenes from postcards and photography, dotted with fields. The coconut trees and majestic volcanic cliffs make it unique among the countless terraced fields in the world. It is rare that the tropical scenery and the pastoral scenery perfectly match.
5. Lavaux Vineyard Terraces
Lavaux vineyard terraces, located in Rui: Southwest Vaud. The Lavaux vineyard terraces start from the Chateau de Chillon in the south of Montreux, and extend southward for about 40 kilometers from the north bank of Lake Geneva to the eastern suburbs of Lausanne in the middle of the canton of Vaud, including the mountainside slopes between the cottages and the lake.
Although there is evidence of vines growing in Roman times, the current vineyards date back to the 11th century, when the area was controlled by Benedictine and Cistercian monks. The rural landscape, small towns and intensively planted grapes here reflect changes in production and benefit systems over a decade.
6. Jiangling Terraced Fields
The terraced fields in Jiangling are long and short, wide and narrow, large and small, with a length of tens of meters and a short of three to five meters; There is also an acre, and the small terraced fields are not enough for a man to lie down.
With the changing seasons, the color of the terraced fields is also different. She is like a big girl in the mountains, decorating herself with various colors from time to time, sometimes she looks charming, sometimes she looks warm, sometimes she looks unrestrained.
