

Photos taken on March 29 show volunteers and tea farmers picking Mingqian tea leaves in Zhonghuashan village of Shiqiao town, Jiahe county.
As Qingming Festival approaches, the tea farm in the village has entered the spring tea picking season, and farmers are busy picking, processing and making Mingqian tea to supply the market.
In recent years, the town has made full use of its excellent geographical environment to vigorously developed characteristic agricultural industries. It has developed the tea industry under the model that combine companies and cooperatives with farmers to increase income for the village-level collective economy and villagers.
Chinese source: hunantoday