This aerial photo shows tea plantations in Yongxing Town, Meitan County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 4, 2023.(Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

With the tea plantations covering an area of 600,000 mu (40,000 hectares), the tea planting in Meitan County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, has become the most important pillar industry in local rural economy. Tea farmers are busy picking tea leaves before the Qingming Festival, which falls on April 5 this year, the major harvest period for premium spring tea.

A farmer picks tea leaves at a tea plantation in Meitan County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

Farmers pick tea leaves at a tea plantation in Meitan County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 4, 2023.(Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

A farmer picks tea leaves at a tea plantation in Meitan County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

This stitched aerial photo shows tea plantations in Yongxing Town, Meitan County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

A farmer picks tea leaves at a tea plantation in Meitan County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

Farmers trade tea leaves at a tea market in Meitan County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 4, 2023.(Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

This aerial photo shows people trading tea leaves at a tea market in Meitan County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

Farmers trade tea leaves at a tea market in Meitan County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

This aerial photo shows tea plantations in Yongxing Town, Meitan County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

This aerial photo shows tea plantations in Yongxing Town, Meitan County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

This aerial photo shows tea plantations in Yongxing Town, Meitan County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

A farmer picks tea leaves at a tea plantation in Yongxing Town, Meitan County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

A farmer shows tea leaves at a tea plantation in Meitan County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

Source: Xinhua

Editor: Wang Ziyi

Senior Editor: Pang Bo