Cutting rice in Yunnan'Rainbow' cliffis near DongchuanAn elderly woman cuts rice on a mountain top. She was agile and strong as were most of the people of Longji.A circular paddy near thousand hills.The circular pattern of cultivation is unusual.Cornfields on the mountain topTwo farmers walk near a flooded paddy.Rice terraces form an abstractDongchuan terracesA house hidden in a valley in Longji.Rice terraces in the morning mistMoonlit-rice-paddies.jpgMountain landscape with fog and pine treesDried rice stalks paint the terraces in shades of orange.A pagoda near Thousand HillsThe red earth districtTerraces flow down the mountain like a sack of spilled coins.Rice furrows of Longji
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Cutting rice in Yunnan