Villagers dry ears of rice in China's Guizhou

A villager smiles under a wooden shelf for drying ears of rice in Zhanli village, southwest China's Guizhou Province in this undated photo. [Photo: Xuexi.cn]

When the harvest (丰收 fēngshōu) season comes, villagers in 400-year-old Zhanli village in China's Guizhou Province like to hang (挂 guà) ears of rice on wooden shelves as a traditional way to dry the grain.

Villagers hang ears of rice on a wooden shelf as a traditional way of drying the grain in Zhanli village, southwest China's Guizhou Province in this undated photo. [Photo: Xuexi.cn]

China has designated the Autumnal Equinox (秋风 Qiūfēng) as the day to celebrate (庆祝 qìngzhù) the Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival (农民丰收节). Autumnal Equinox is one of the 24 solar terms (节气 jiéqì) of the Chinese lunisolar calendar and it usually falls between September 22 and 24, during the country's agricultural harvest season (季节 jìjié). The third Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival held on September 22 this year.

Villagers hang ears of rice on a wooden shelf as a traditional way of drying the grain in Zhanli village, southwest China's Guizhou Province in this undated photo. [Photo: Xuexi.cn]

A villager works near a wooden shelf for drying ears of rice in Zhanli village, southwest China's Guizhou Province in this undated photo. [Photo: Xuexi.cn]

Key words 重点词汇：

丰收<动词 v.> harvest

Jīnnián miánhua fēngshōule.

今年棉花丰收了。

The cotton cropped well this year.

Qùnián kēhuàn xiǎoshuō chuàngzuò huòdele dà fēngshōu.

去年科幻小说创作获得了大丰收。

Last year saw a high yield of science fiction.