A farmer harvests wheat under the sun in Lijiaxia village, Hebei township, Longxian county, Baoji in northwest China’s Shaanxi province. (Photo courtesy of the publicity department of Longxian county)

Farmer Fang Guilin is filled with joy, holding crop from the paddy field in his arms in Qilipu village, Huaiyin district, Jinan in east China’s Shandong province. (People’s Daily Online/Song Cui)

Farmers and tourists pick apples in Liangfu village, Dongnan township, Longxian county, Baoji in northwest China’s Shaanxi province. (Photo courtesy of the publicity department of Longxian county)

Photo shows the open ceremony of the Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival, which falls on Sept. 22, in Lujiang county, Hefei, east China’s Anhui province. (Photo courtesy of the publicity department of Lujiang county)

Photo shows the open ceremony of the Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival, which falls on Sept. 22, in Lujiang county, Hefei, east China’s Anhui province. (Photo courtesy of the publicity department of Lujiang county)

Reaping machines begin harvesting in a paddy field to celebrate the Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival, in Fujin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang province. (Photo by Jiao Yang, People’s Daily Online)

A farmer reaps rice in a paddy field in Jinan, east China’s Shandong province. (People’s Daily Online/Song Cui)