Colorful crops, such as corn, red chili, chrysanthemum flowers, cattail leaves are dried in bamboo baskets in the Huangling village in East China’s Jiangxi Province , which marked liqiu, or the beginning of autumn in the Chinese lunar calendar.
Colorful crops, such as corn, red chili, chrysanthemum flowers, cattail leaves are dried in bamboo baskets in the Huangling village in East China’s Jiangxi Province, which marked liqiu, or the beginning of autumn in the Chinese lunar calendar. The tradition of shaiqiu, or drying crops in autumn, has now become a symbol of local custom and is a highlight of local tourism.
Photo shows the air-dried hot pepper in Huangling Village of Wuyuan County, east China’s Jiangxi Province. Photo: Xinhua/Hu Dunhuang
A farmer airs the newly-harvested corns in Jinhe Village of southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality Photo: Xinhua/Qu Mingbin
Farmer Yang Tiqiong airs the hot pepper in Dazhou City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province Photo: Xinhua/Deng Liangkui
Tourists learn to air the newly-harvested corns in Qiaotouhe Township of Lianyuan City, central China’s Hunan Province Photo: Xinhua/Zhang Yang
Farmers air-drie the cattail leaves at home in Shuoyueli village, Gaoqing county, Shandong province. Photo:Xinhua
