Such a large-scale terrace has no open channel water storage system such as ponds and reservoirs, and is completely irrigated by natural flowing water, which is a must in the world all the year round.
According to geological experts, this is bedrock fissure water. Clever local ancestors used the natural advantages of loose and permeable granite weathering materials to rationally divert water and formed a unique natural irrigation system. She has a long history and profound cultural background.
According to research, the Qin terraces in Ziquejie started in Qin and Han Dynasties, with a history of more than 2,000 years. They are the fruits of labor created by the ancestors of Miao, Yao, Dong and Han nationalities, and are the historical remains of the blending of southern rice culture and Miao and Yao fishing and hunting culture.
The Qin terraced fields in Ziquejie are smooth, well-defined and magnificent, such as step by step, like root weft, layer by layer, hovering between mountains and ravines. Terrace landscape is ever-changing with the seasons and beautiful.
Spring has come, and the fields are full of water, such as colorful jade mirrors; On the solstice of summer, Jiahe spits green, such as green waves, and green is about to drip; In autumn, the harvest is just around the corner, like golden pagodas; In the middle of winter, the mountains are covered with snow, dancing like silver snakes on the mountains.
Between rural buildings, board houses are staggered, chickens and dogs are familiar with each other, terraces, villages, forests and running water are integrated, interdependent and harmonious, and the beautiful scenery of terraces changing in four seasons, supplemented by the original manual farming methods, constitutes the farming picture of Qin terraces flowing in Ziquejie. Now it has been listed in the preparatory list of applying for world heritage in Hunan Province, and the tourism development prospect is very broad.