Let the sun comfort you.
It will keep you safe and warm, always shining through.
So many small things can bring happiness.
Flowers bloom, people grow.
You may never want to leave, when it's time to go.
Now you're here.
May you stay and Share the Joy.
"Share the Joy"
Have you ever dreamed of a place far away from it all
Where the air you breathe is soft and clean
And children play in fields of green
And the sound of guns doesn't pound in your ears anymore
"Lost horizon"
Only 37 years have passed since the end of Vietnam war.
I can't imagine it when I see this beautiful scene.
I wish this Shangri-la will be for ever.
眼前に広がる光景は静かだが満ち足りて生き生きとしていた。
しかしこの地が激しい戦争で血に染まってからまだ37年しか経っていない。
ずっとこの風景が続きますように。
It's very beautiful scene.
How many years are they cultivating rice?
I think water and cattle manure are very importing for that durability.
If they stop their coexistence with livestock, or increase a deforestation, they will not be able to keep their rice terraces.
At that time, rice terrace becomes just "paring the earth"
この土地の人々は何百年、何千年この棚田を守り続けてきたのだろうか。
この美しい光景は、豊かな水の恵みと厩肥をもたらす家畜との共存の奇跡的なバランスによってもたらされているものだと思う。
もし過度の森林伐採や家畜の減少が進むと、棚田は地球を剥いているだけになってしまう気がした。
これからも長くこの光景が見られますように。
