Editor's Note:
September 23 marks China’s first Farmers' Harvest Festival. From 2018 on, the festival, to be celebrated on the Autumnal Equinox, is set to be observed annually to greet the harvest season and honor the agricultural workers. The activities to greet China's first Farmers' Harvest Festival are held around the country.(Photos: VCG)
A farmer displays the featured agricultural products during the activity to celebrate China's first Farmers' Harvest Festival in Taizhou, East China’s Jiangsu Province on September 23, 2018. (Photo: VCG) 
A villager from the Miao ethnic group holds crops during a harvest-praying ceremony in Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on September 22, 2018. (Photo: VCG) 
A villager poses for photos with featured agricultural products during the activity to celebrate China's first Farmers' Harvest Festival in Dongluo village of Taizhou, East China’s Jiangsu Province on September 23, 2018. (Photo: VCG) 
Villagers compete in a fish catching competition in Fuzhou, East China’s Jiangxi Province on September 22, 2018. (Photo: VCG)
