Baishuitai & Baidi Village
17 May 2004
  
  
  mountain highway  
  the main road passing through Haba Village continues northwards across many passes to reach the Naxi mountain village of Baidi  
  
  
  baishuitai entrance  
  high above Baidi village is the famous limestone terraces of Baishuitai  
  
  
   
  terraces  
  the limestone terraces are resplendent in the bright sunlight, offer excellent vistas of the rich farming valley below  
  
  
  group photo  
  all members accounted for... this was the only group portrait taken complete with all members within  
  
  
  source  
  the small natural spring that spouts the eternal waters that creates the white water terraces through the millennium  
  
  
  lizard  
  a colourful yet well camouflaged lizard commonly seen here  
  
  
  exploring baidi  
  with time on our hands, we went exploring the quaint little Naxi village of Baidi and the farming fields beyond  
  
  
  rack  
  the usual racks stacked with harvested crops were all about  
  
  
  wheat  
  the first harvest of the year being dried on the racks  
  
  
  old man  
  time seems to be at a stand still here as the elders of the village watches the world go by  
  
  
  stings  
  beautiful but obnoxious... a colourful caterpillar on stinging nettle  
  
  
  detailed study  
  Paul having a closer look at the wheat being hug to dry  
  
  
  watermill  
  harvesting energy from water, watermills are used to grind down harvest crop  
  
  
  load ferry  
  horses are the main load ferry machines for the farmers  
  
  
  beyond the village  
  exploring beyond the village into the heart of the farmlands  
  
  
  curves  
  beautiful crop terraces with beautiful hues reflecting this rich season of the year  
  
  
  butterfly  
  ...resting on the roof tiles  
  
  
  fish  
  the eaves of the Naxi house is often decorated by a symbolic fish  
  
  
  harvested  
  the trails that run through the farmland are very busy with human and horse traffic  
  
  
  corn field  
  making perforations in the plastic sheets, the covered soil allows maize to be grown faster  
  
  
  heavy  
  another load of wheat being carried back to the village  
  
  
  plough  
  ploughing the land for a second crop  
  
  
  girlfriend  
  a sweet nine year old girl playing by the fields as her parents work on the land  
  
  
  growing  
  literally feeding off the land, a young boy plucks and eats straight from the fields  
  
  
  birdnest  
  a prized toy for the local kids... a birdnest with hungry nestling calling out in distress for their parents  
  
  
  flowering  
  a beautiful time to be exploring, with flowers all about  
  
  
  harvesting  
  working in the fields may be back breaking but the farmers still wear a smile on their faces as they toll  
  
  
  going home  
  loading up the harvested wheat on the backs of horses as well as on their own backs  
  
  
  stacking  
  stacking up the day's harvest  
  
  
 

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