Villagers pick tea leaves ahead of the Qingming Festival to produce the Mingqian (literally "pre-Qingming") tea in the tea garden of Maoba Village, Hongyanxi Town, Longshan County. As the Qingming Festival comes, local tea gardens have entered the harvest season for spring tea. Tea farmers are racing against time to pick and process fresh tea leaves to supply the market. (Photo/Zeng Xianghui) 

Villagers pick tea leaves ahead of the Qingming Festival to produce the Mingqian (literally "pre-Qingming") tea in the tea garden of Maoba Village, Hongyanxi Town, Longshan County. As the Qingming Festival comes, local tea gardens have entered the harvest season for spring tea. Tea farmers are racing against time to pick and process fresh tea leaves to supply the market. (Photo/Zeng Xianghui) 

Villagers pick tea leaves ahead of the Qingming Festival to produce the Mingqian (literally "pre-Qingming") tea in the tea garden of Maoba Village, Hongyanxi Town, Longshan County. As the Qingming Festival comes, local tea gardens have entered the harvest season for spring tea. Tea farmers are racing against time to pick and process fresh tea leaves to supply the market. (Photo/Zeng Xianghui) 

Villagers pick tea leaves ahead of the Qingming Festival to produce the Mingqian (literally "pre-Qingming") tea in an alpine tea garden in Zhuxi Village, Haojiping Yao Township, Zhongfang County. As the Qingming Festival comes, local tea gardens have entered the harvest season for spring tea. Tea farmers are racing against time to pick and process fresh tea leaves to supply the market. (Photo/Tian Wenguo and Zhou Rizhong)

Villagers pick tea leaves ahead of the Qingming Festival to produce the Mingqian (literally "pre-Qingming") tea in a tea garden in Guidong County. As the Qingming Festival comes, local tea gardens have entered the harvest season for spring tea. Tea farmers are racing against time to pick and process fresh tea leaves to supply the market. (Photo/Deng Renxiang)

Villagers pick tea leaves ahead of the Qingming Festival to produce the Mingqian (literally "pre-Qingming") tea in a tea garden in Guidong County. As the Qingming Festival comes, local tea gardens have entered the harvest season for spring tea. Tea farmers are racing against time to pick and process fresh tea leaves to supply the market. (Photo/Deng Renxiang)

Villagers pick tea leaves ahead of the Qingming Festival to produce the Mingqian (literally "pre-Qingming") tea in a tea garden in Guidong County. As the Qingming Festival comes, local tea gardens have entered the harvest season for spring tea. Tea farmers are racing against time to pick and process fresh tea leaves to supply the market. (Photo/Deng Renxiang)

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

Translator: Pang Yuehui

Chinese source: hunantoday