These days, ethnic people in the highland districts of Thanh Hoa such as Ba Thuoc, Quan Son, Quan Hoa are busy taking water into the fields to prepare the soil for the new crop.
The waterwheels, also known as giant "machines" operated by the flow of water, rotate and take water into the trough and bring it up, leading to rice fields.
Mr. Ha Van Mun, 60, a resident in Bach village, Trung Thuong commune, Quan Son district, said that local people do not know when the water wheel appeared in the region. They Just know that this waterwheel was created by their father, and has been preserved for generations until today.
The waterwheel is made entirely by hand, by available natural materials such as bamboo.
The axis is the deciding factor for the success or failure of the waterwheel.
When the reels spin, the water canister will be pressed deep into the stream to draw water.
The reel raises the water pipe up, the water pipe automatically pours water into the trough to bring water into the field.
The trough is used to bring water into the field.
After water runs into the fields, farmers prepare the soil for the sowing.

Le Duyen