人迹罕至的绝美风景

As dawn breaks on top of a mountain near the China-Vietnam border, hundreds of water-filled rice terraces reveal themselves, clinging to the mountainside in geometric patterns in every direction. The rising sun, reflecting off the water, turns some of the terraces bright shades of orange and gold. Then solitary figures appear, black against the rising sun -- peasants with their water buffaloes hitched to wooden plows.
当中越边境附近那座高山的山巅上曙光初现之时，几百片水稻梯田也就呈现在了我们的视野当中，这些几何图案的梯田分布在山脚的四面八方。日头越升越高，水面折射的阳光把梯田晕染成了片片明亮的橙色和金色。随后，阳光下出现了一个个黑色的身影──那是农夫和套着木犁头的水牛。

Yunnan is a spectacular land of mountains, rivers and forests, with 25 tribal ethnic minorities making up more than a third of the population.Up from the Hani Rice Terraces, in the mountains above Yuanyang, the water flowing down to irrigate the fields looks crystal clear, and the air is clean. But if there are few signs of pollution, neither are there many signs of economic progress.
云南是一方神奇的土地，有丰富的山脉、河流及森林资源，25个少数民族占了云南总人口的逾三分之一。哈尼水稻梯田位于元阳县的高山之上，从山上流淌下来的灌溉用水如水晶般清澈，空气也非常地清新。不过，这里虽然没有什么污染的迹象，经济发展的迹象却也极其有限。

In a country that introduced free schooling for all long ago, Hani teenagers hang around the village rather than go to classes, because they say their families can't afford the 50 yuan (about $7.35) that many teachers demand each semester. Hani men dress in jeans and T-shirts; Hani women wear elaborate, colorful outfits dating back centuries. As with some of the other tribal groups in Yunnan, women carry firewood up the dirt paths and lug rocks at construction sites.
中国很早以前便已推行全民义务教育，此地的哈尼族少年却没有去上学，而是在村子里晃来晃去，他们说家里拿不出很多老师要求交的每学期50元钱（约合7.35美元）。哈尼男人们穿着牛仔裤和T恤衫，女人们穿的则是精心制作、色彩艳丽的全套服饰，这种妆扮已经有了几百年的历史。这里跟云南其他一些少数民族地区一样，泥土路上扛着柴火的、盖房子时拉石头的都是女人。