Hanlu, the 17th solar term on the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Oct. 8 this year. During this period, farmers are busy seizing the time to carry out farmwork, creating a busy farming scene across the fields. The photo shows a farmer operating a harvester to reap rice in Dapu Town, Hengdong County. (Photo/Cao Zhengping and Wang Zheng)

Hanlu, the 17th solar term on the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Oct. 8 this year. During this period, farmers are busy seizing the time to carry out farmwork, creating a busy farming scene across the fields. The photo shows farmers tending and fertilizing the fields at a vegetable plantation in Zixishi Town, Dong'an County. (Photo/Cai Xiaoping)

Hanlu, the 17th solar term on the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Oct. 8 this year. During this period, farmers are busy seizing the time to carry out farmwork, creating a busy farming scene across the fields. The photo shows a farmer tending and fertilizing the fields at a vegetable plantation in Zixishi Town, Dong'an County. (Photo/Cai Xiaoping)

Hanlu, the 17th solar term on the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Oct. 8 this year. During this period, farmers are busy seizing the time to carry out farmwork, creating a busy farming scene across the fields. The photo shows farmers picking threeleaf akebia at an agriculture and forestry industrial park in Yulan Town, Dongkou County. (Photo/Teng Zhizhong)

Hanlu, the 17th solar term on the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Oct. 8 this year. During this period, farmers are busy seizing the time to carry out farmwork, creating a busy farming scene across the fields. The photo shows farmers picking threeleaf akebia at an agriculture and forestry industrial park in Yulan Town, Dongkou County. (Photo/Teng Zhizhong)

Hanlu, the 17th solar term on the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Oct. 8 this year. During this period, farmers are busy seizing the time to carry out farmwork, creating a busy farming scene across the fields. The photo shows farmers watering fields at Ximenkou Village in Jishou City. (Photo/Liu Zhenjun)

Hanlu, the 17th solar term on the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Oct. 8 this year. During this period, farmers are busy seizing the time to carry out farmwork, creating a busy farming scene across the fields. The photo shows farmers tending fields at Ximenkou Village in Jishou City. (Photo/Liu Zhenjun)

Hanlu, the 17th solar term on the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Oct. 8 this year. During this period, farmers are busy seizing the time to carry out farmwork, creating a busy farming scene across the fields. The photo shows a farmer operating a harvester to reap rice at Xianshanzhen Village in Hengyang County. (Photo/Liu Xinrong)

Hanlu, the 17th solar term on the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Oct. 8 this year. During this period, farmers are busy seizing the time to carry out farmwork, creating a busy farming scene across the fields. The photo shows farmers spraying the plants with insecticide at Fengyanshan Village, Qianjiadong Yao Township, Jiangyong County. (Photo/Tian Rurui)

Hanlu, the 17th solar term on the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Oct. 8 this year. During this period, farmers are busy seizing the time to carry out farmwork, creating a busy farming scene across the fields. The photo shows farmers drying rice at Miaoqian Town, Changning City. (Photo/Zhou Xiuyuchun)

Hanlu, the 17th solar term on the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Oct. 8 this year. During this period, farmers are busy seizing the time to carry out farmwork, creating a busy farming scene across the fields. The photo shows farmers fertilizing the fields to prepare for autumn planting at Tuoshan Village in Pingtan Town, Jiahe County. (Photo/Huang Chuntao)

Hanlu, the 17th solar term on the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Oct. 8 this year. During this period, farmers are busy seizing the time to carry out farmwork, creating a busy farming scene across the fields. The photo shows farmers fertilizing the fields to prepare for autumn planting at Tuoshan Village in Pingtan Town, Jiahe County. (Photo/Huang Chuntao)

This article is from Hunan Provincial Government. www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Pang Yuehui

Chinese source: hunantoday