Harvest celebrated around China to mark Farmers' Harvest Festival
China marks its first Farmers' Harvest Festival on September 23 this year. From 2018 on, the festival, to be celebrated on the Autumnal Equinox each year, is set to be observed annually to greet the harvest season and honour the agricultural workers.
People pose for photos under an archway made of various harvested crops in a tourist spot in Handan, north China's Hebei Province, on September 22, 2018.
Tourists pose for photos in front of a wall decorated by persimmons at Xixi Wetland National Park in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, on September 22, 2018.
In this aerial photo taken on September 22, 2018, a farmer rakes rice crops for air-drying in Sanshi Village of Jingzi Township in Shuangfeng County, central China's Hunan Province.
A farmer picks grapes in Zhuguantun Village of Tuanpiaozhuang Township of Zunhua City in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province, on September 22, 2018.
A villager husks wheat grains in Beisanjia Village of Aohan Banner in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on September 22, 2018.
A woman from the Miao ethnic group prepares crops for a harvest-praying ceremony in Wuji Village of Anchui Township in Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on September 22, 2018.
A villager hangs corn ears for air-drying in Jiaolong Village of Majiadu Township in Zhushan County, Shiyan, central China's Hubei Province, on September 22, 2018.
