Today marks China's first Farmers' Harvest Festival. From this year on, the festival, celebrated on the Autumn Equinox, will be observed annually to welcome the harvest season and honor agricultural workers. To salute this new festival, we've collected photos of harvests across China.
An annual "hundred-family banquet" to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival is held in a residential area in Shenyang, Liaoning province, on Sept. 19, 2018. Traditionally, each attendee is required to cook a dish at home and bring it to the banquet to share with the neighbors. [Photo/VCG]
Small clay figures in different shapes and forms are displayed in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian province, to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, on Sept. 18, 2018. [Photo/VCG]
A crew member of a train plays with passengers to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival at the Guiyang railway section on Sept. 18, 2018. The passengers can feel the festive atmosphere during their journey. [Photo/VCG]
Children draw pictures on lanterns to welcome the Mid-Autumn Festival in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, on Sept. 16, 2018. [Photo/VCG]
Children play the Chinese Zither, a plucked-string musical instrument with an over 2,400-year history, in Fuxi Park, Xinle city, Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, on Sept. 15, 2018. The city held a folk concert (Guzheng Special Event) on the day to welcome the Mid-Autumn Festival. [Photo/VCG]
Staff members at Laojun Mountain, a scenic spot in Luoyang City, Central China's Henan Province, use 9,999 colorful mooncakes to spell out a beautiful pattern with Chinese characters of Hua Hao Yue Yuan (Blooming flowers and full moon) to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, Sept. 23, 2018. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Zhongju)
People take photos before a beautiful pattern with Chinese characters of Hua Hao Yue Yuan (Blooming flowers and full moon) spelt out with 9,999 mooncakes at Laojun Mountain, a scenic spot in Luoyang City, Central China’s Henan Province, Sept. 23, 2018. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Zhongju)
Pedestrians look at a moon installation set up to mark the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival at a plaza in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 23, 2018. (Xinhua/Liu Jianhua)
Pedestrians pose for photos with a moon installation set up to mark the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival in Bozhou, east China's Anhui Province, Sept. 23, 2018. (Xinhua/Ni Shubin)
Fancy lanterns are displayed at the Victoria Park to greet the Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong, south China, Sept. 22, 2018. The traditional Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, or Sept. 24 this year. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaochu)
Villagers show specialty agricultural products during a floating market in Dongluo Village of Xinghua, east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 23, 2018. People across China hold various activities to celebrate the country's first Farmers' Harvest Festival, which falls on Sept. 23 this year. (Xinhua/Tang Dehong)
A girl shows a fish she has caught in a bare-hand fish catching contest held in Housangyuan Village of Lyutan Township Wuyi County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 23, 2018. (Xinhua/Zhang Jiancheng)
Two girls participate in an activity marking China's first Farmers' Harvest Festival in Zibo, east China's Shandong Province, Sept. 23, 2018. (Xinhua/Liu Bingyou)
Girls perform in an activity marking China's first Farmers' Harvest Festival in Zibo, east China's Shandong Province, Sept. 23, 2018.(Xinhua/Liu Bingyou)
Villagers perform a lantern dance to celebrate China's first Farmers' Harvest Festival in Majiazhai Village of Shuiwei Township in Cengong County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Sept. 23, 2018. People across China hold various activities to celebrate the country's first Farmers' Harvest Festival, which falls on Sept. 23 this year. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
Villagers perform a lantern dance to celebrate China's first Farmers' Harvest Festival in Majiazhai Village of Shuiwei Township in Cengong County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Sept. 23, 2018. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
Villagers perform a lantern dance to celebrate China's first Farmers' Harvest Festival in Majiazhai Village of Shuiwei Township in Cengong County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Sept. 23, 2018. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
Villagers take part in a grain carrying contest in Changgang Village of the Rucheng community in Rugao, east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 23, 2018. People across China hold various activities to celebrate the country's first Farmers' Harvest Festival, which falls on Sept. 23 this year. (Xinhua/Wu Shujian)
A man cuts open a tree to take sap, which is used to make a durable coating called lacquer, in Dafang County, Southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Sept. 22, 2018. The period from early summer to late autumn each year is said to be the best time to reap lacquer in the mountainous county, which has seen a rapid increase in online sales of the product. (Photo: China News Service/He Junyi)
Hu Wenxun, 58, cuts open a tree to take sap, which is used to make a durable coating called lacquer, in Dafang County, Southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Sept. 23, 2018. (Photo: China News Service/He Junyi)
Hu Wenxun and his brother Hu Wenshun reap lacquer in Dafang County, Southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Sept. 23, 2018. (Photo: China News Service/He Junyi)
Photo taken on Sept. 24, 2018 shows the full moon in the sky in Nantong, east China's Jiangsu Province. The Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on Sept. 24 this year, is a traditional Chinese festival with a custom of family reunion. (Xinhua/Xu Congjun)
People put lanterns into an ancient canal in the moonlight to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival in Taierzhuang, east China's Shandong Province, Sept. 24, 2018. (Xinhua/Gao Qimin)
Hot air balloons are seen during a balloon festival at the Zhuge Liang Square in Xiangyang City, central China's Hubei Province, Sept. 22, 2018. A total of 33 delegations attended the festival, organized by the Chinese Balloon Club League. (Xinhua/An Fubin)
Wang Qiang of China hits a ball against Maria Sakkari of Greece during their second-round match at the WTA Wuhan Open in Wuhan, central Hubei Province, yesterday. Wang won 7-5, 6-2.
Aircraft perform during Aviclub Flight Carnival 2018 in Jingmen, central China's Hubei Province, Sept. 22, 2018. Aerobatic teams from the United States, Turkey, Australia, and New Zealand participated in the three-day event which kicked off here on Friday. (Xinhua/Yang Guang)
An aerobatic pilot takes part in a flight training for Aviclub Flight Carnival 2018 in Jingmen, central China's Hubei Province, Sept. 21, 2018.(Xinhua/Yang Guang)
An aerobatic pilot waits for tower instructions at an aircraft before his performance for Aviclub Flight Carnival 2018 in Jingmen, central China's Hubei Province, Sept. 21, 2018.(Xinhua/Yang Guang)
A man takes a break at an office where workers listen to thousands of audio files daily to clear audio porn from online platforms. The profession is dominated by young women, who listen to 4,000 pieces of audio and delete thousands of accounts in an average work day. People working in the sector say they rarely tell other people the exact nature of the work because of the stereotypes associated with identifying the obscene content. (Photo/VCG)
