China marks first Farmers' Harvest Festival

In the combined photo taken on Sept. 18, 2018, villager Wang Shengtang (R) puts the harvested wild jujube into a bag in Liulin Township of Neiqiu County, north China's Hebei Province. (top). In the aerial photo taken on the same day (bottom), villager Wang Shengtang rakes wild jujube for air-drying. China marks its first Farmers' Harvest Festival on Sept. 23 this year. From 2018 on, the festival, to be celebrated on the Autumnal Equinox each year, is set to be observed annually to greet the harvest season and honour the agricultural workers. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)