And the true scale of production is revealed from the air.
鸟瞰这片土地就可以见到生产的真实规模
They may look like honeycomb but these mud brick blocks are used to air dry millions of grapes into raisins.
这些泥砖也许像蜂窝 但是它们是用来风干数以百万计的葡萄的
Without modern materials and technology, the ancients triumphed turning nature to their advantage.
虽然没有现代技术 但古人就能充分利用自然并且战胜自然
1533 miles away in southeast Yunnan,
1533英里外 位于中国西南部的云南省
the locals have their own agricultural mountain to over come.
当地人要征服大山来完成农业生产
How to grow China's greatest staple -rice?
那就是如何种植中国最主要的粮食 大米
Here there's plenty of water, but stopping it draining away is the problem.
这里有丰富的水资源 但问题是如何阻止这些水资源枯竭
1300 years ago, the local Hani people, miraculously transformed the landscape.
1300年前 当地哈尼族人奇迹般地将这片土地进行了改造
To grow their crops, they hand carved rice paddies into the mountains to trap the water.
为了种植作物 他们用双手在一座座山上造出梯田以蓄水肥田