Bountiful Times and Big Smiles: Harvest Season Flushes Fields with Vibrant Blush

A woman dries red pepper in a yard in Jinlin City, northeast China's Jilin Province.

A worker dries red pepper in a yard in Jixian County, north China's Tianjin Municipality.

Famers dry red pepper in a yard in Anjihai Township of Shawan County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

Corn production has increased in China, causing prices to go down.

A farmer breaks off corn cobs in Tongmu Village of Zhuoshui Township in Qianjiang District, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.

Farmers harvest crops at Wangping Village in Yiyuan County, east China's Shandong Province.

Farmers dry walnut in Yiyuan County, east China's Shandong Province.

A farmer works in his rice filed in Tancheng County of Linyi City, east China's Shandong Province.

A farmer works in the field in Zhongling Village of Youyang County, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.

The rice field in Leye County of Baise City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Birds fly over the rice field in Lu'an City, east China's Anhui Province.

Farmers pick chrysanthemum at Mazhuang Village in Yiyuan County, east China's Shandong Province.

In China, the third quarter of the year is anticipated with excitement like the Thanksgiving in the West. It is during this season when the moon becomes roundest and brightest, as Chinese legends say, marking the full bloom of crops and the blossoming of flowers. China's Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated with the traditional mooncake, which represents the abundance the moon bestows to uplooking people.