Roofs of sun-dried crops boosts tourism in east China's Zhejiang

A decades-old practice of sun-drying crops like corn, pumpkin, chili peppers and chrysanthemums is proving to be a tourist draw in east China's Zhejiang Province. Farmers in Kenggu Village are enjoying an economic boost from this traditional way of preserving their harvests, known in Chinese as "shaiqiu," as they load them into bamboo baskets placed on their roofs. [Photo: VCG]

Tourists walk past bamboo baskets filled with colorful crops in Kenggu Village, east China's Zhejiang Province, on Dec. 4, 2021. [Photo: VCG]

A decades-old practice of sun-drying crops like corn, pumpkin, chili peppers and chrysanthemums is proving to be a tourist draw in east China's Zhejiang Province. Farmers in Kenggu Village are enjoying an economic boost from this traditional way of preserving their harvests, known in Chinese as "shaiqiu," as they load them into bamboo baskets placed on their roofs. [Photo: VCG]