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The amazing engineering of the wet rice mountain people.

For hundreds of years, the rice fields of the Sapa have followed the contours of the mountains. They have helped create a landscape of great beauty and express the harmony between humankind and the natural environment. The complex and extensive irrigation systems also reveal so much about people with a tremendous ability in resource management. With the onset of seasonal rains, the Hmong and Dao begin their annual re-engineering of the steep mountain slopes. They utilise gravity to alter the hydrology, creating rice paddies that harvest water from the forests. The outcome reflects a mastery of engineering. Both aquaculture and agriculture align to produce a variety of foods that will sustain the growers for much of the year.