People across China celebrate 1st Farmers' Harvest Festival

By Agencies Published: Sep 24, 2018 08:37 AM

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)

Two Villagers prepare harvested chillis for air-drying in Xiaozhai Village of Longji Township in Guilin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 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/Wang Zichuang)

Performers stage a show to celebrate China's first Farmers' Harvest Festival at a national rice theme park in Sanya, south China's Hainan 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/Sha Xiaofeng)

Tourists watch a ploughing performance in Yongchun County, southeast China's Fujian 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/Kang Qingping)

A rice transplanting contest is held at a national rice theme park in Sanya, south China's Hainan 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/Sha Xiaofeng)

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)

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)

In this aerial photo taken on Sept. 23, 2018, women of the Yao ethnic group demonstrate the making of folk costumes in Xiaozhai Village of Longji Township in Guilin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. People across China hold various activities to celebrate the country's first Farmers' Harvest Festival, which falls on Sept. 23 this year. (Xinhua/Pan Zhixiang)

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. People across China hold various activities to celebrate the country's first Farmers' Harvest Festival, which falls on Sept. 23 this year. (Xinhua/Zhang Jiancheng)

Villagers watch a buffalo fight in Housangyuan Village of Lyutan Township Wuyi County, east China's Zhejiang 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/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. People across China hold various activities to celebrate the country's first Farmers' Harvest Festival, which falls on Sept. 23 this year. (Xinhua/Liu Bingyou)

Villagers dance in celebration of China's first Farmers' Harvest Festival in Baping Village of Mangchang Township in Nandan County, Hechi, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 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/Fu Longqiang)

Villagers of the Yao ethnic group attend a ceremony marking the start of harvest in Xiaozhai Village of Longji County in Guilin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 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/Wang Zichuang)