People celebrate harvest season across China

Photos taken on Sept. 20, 2019 show harvesters cropping alfalfa in Ar Horqin Banner of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Local authorities brought in investment to develop the alfalfa planting industry in 2011, which helped to prevent the land from changing into desert. So far, the planting area of alfalfa has reached over 46,666 hectares in this banner.

Villagers harvest water chestnuts in Feijiadai Village, Linghu Town of Huzhou, central China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 21, 2019.

People participate in an event to celebrate the harvest season in Tangqi Town of Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 19, 2019. An event to celebrate the harvest season was held on Thursday, in which people parade by boat with agricultural products.

Artists perform shoulder pole dance to celebrate the harvest during an activity in Du'an Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 17, 2019. A series of events were held on Tuesday in Du'an to celebrate the upcoming Chinese farmers' harvest festival.

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