Tuesday is the first day of autumn in the Chinese lunar year. To celebrate the harvest season, villagers are drying crops on wooden shelves built upon local houses in Huangling Old Village, Wuyuan county, Jiangxi Province, on Monday. (Photo: VCG)

A woman cuts red peppers in Huangling Old Village, Wuyuan county, Jiangxi Province.

Villagers spread out their food, such as red peppers and corn, on rooftops for drying on Monday.

Bundled red peppers are hung and piles of pumpkins sit in the sun in Huangling Old Village, Wuyuan county, Jiangxi Province. (Compiled by Zhan Huilan)