In pics: farmers across China embrace autumn harvest

A farmer drives a farming machinery to harvest rice at a family farm in Jiutai District of Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, Sept. 20, 2022. Autumn harvest has recently started at the rice-growing areas across the province. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)

A farmer removes the bags covering apples at an orchard in Fangjiatun Town, Kangping County, Shenyang City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Sept. 21, 2022. Kangping County has witnessed bumper harvests of its landmark products millet, apple and sweet potato, with planting areas of 5,000 mu (about 333 hectares) , 35,000 mu (about 2,333 hectares) and 20,000 mu (about 1,333 hectares) respectively. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)

A villager winnows highland barley in Jangraxar Township, Lhunzhub County of Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 21, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

Aerial photo taken on Sept. 21, 2022 shows harvesters working in a paddy field in Xinhua Village of Chongzhou, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Xu Bingjie)

Aerial photo taken on Sept. 22, 2022 shows Ziquejie Terraces in Xinhua County, central China's Hunan Province. (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai)

Buyers purchase hawthorn fruits in a trading market in Liudu Township of Xintai City, east China's Shandong Province, Sept. 21, 2022. Over 23,000 mu (about 1,533 hectares) of hawthorn fruits have entered the mature season here. (Xinhua/Fan Changguo)

Aerial photo taken on Sept. 22, 2022 shows villagers harvesting rice in a paddy field at a planting base in Gusheng Village of Dali City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Chinese farmers' harvest festival, which coincides with the Autumn Equinox each year, falls on Sept. 23 this year. (Photo by Liang Zhiqiang/Xinhua)

A villager harvests sorghum in Shangjiang Village of Chun'an County in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 21, 2022. Chinese farmers' harvest festival, which coincides with the Autumn Equinox each year, falls on Sept. 23 this year. (Photo by Mao Yongfeng/Xinhua)

A villager loads corn cobs onto a vehicle in Huajian Village of Anding District in Dingxi City, northwest China's Gansu Province, Sept. 22, 2022. Chinese farmers' harvest festival, which coincides with the Autumn Equinox each year, falls on Sept. 23 this year. (Photo by Wang Kexian/Xinhua)

Aerial photo taken on Sept. 17, 2022 shows villagers drying rice grains in Wulong Village of Shahe Township in Ganzhou City, east China's Jiangxi Province. Chinese farmers' harvest festival, which coincides with the Autumn Equinox each year, falls on Sept. 23 this year. (Photo by Zhu Haipeng/Xinhua)

A harvester works in a field in Koudian Town of Yibin District in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 21, 2022. Chinese farmers' harvest festival, which coincides with the Autumn Equinox each year, falls on Sept. 23 this year. (Photo by Zhang Yixi/Xinhua)

Villagers pick grapes in Bacheng Township in Kunshan, east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 17, 2022. Chinese farmers' harvest festival, which coincides with the Autumn Equinox each year, falls on Sept. 23 this year. (Photo by Wang Xuzhong/Xinhua)

A villager carries newly-picked walnuts at a planting base in Dalin Village of Baokang County in Xiangyang City, central China's Hubei Province, Sept. 15, 2022. Chinese farmers' harvest festival, which coincides with the Autumn Equinox each year, falls on Sept. 23 this year. (Photo by Yang Tao/Xinhua)

Villagers sort out chili peppers in Donglang Township of Congjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Sept. 15, 2022. Chinese farmers' harvest festival, which coincides with the Autumn Equinox each year, falls on Sept. 23 this year. (Photo by Wu Dejun/Xinhua)

A villager catches fish at a paddy field in Lianglong Village of Hongshui Township in Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 22, 2022. The rice-fish production base greets busy harvest in Rongshui. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

A cotton picker is seen working in fields in Xayar County, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 26, 2022. The cotton harvest season has started in Xayar County of Xinjiang. (Photo by Liu Yuzhu/Xinhua)

Aerial photo taken on Sept. 27, 2022 shows employees working at the Changlu Daqinghe saltworks in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province. (Photo by Liu Mancang/Xinhua)

Aerial photo taken on Sept. 29, 2022 shows a farmer driving a reaper harvesting paddy in a field in Gucheng Town of Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

A villager carries freshly harvested millets in Nihe Village of Luozhuangzi Township, Jizhou District, north China's Tianjin, Sept. 21, 2022. Nihe Village has increased residents' incomes by promoting ecological organic millet planting in recent years. Cooperatives are set up to take charge of planting, procurement, packaging and sales of millets. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

编辑：邬嘉宏

来源：Xinhua