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Aerial photos show farmers harvesting vegetables in a field in Nantong Township of Minhou County, southeast China's Fujian Province.

After packing some naan bread and a dented water bottle, Shan Zhizheng and his wife start up their motorcycle and head off to a cultural relic site, shattering the silence that envelops the valley.

Over four years, Tian Ye and seven fellow veterans have grown hundreds of hectares of wind-blocking and income-making plants in the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

As Chen Yulan used her mobile phone, a drone began to fly slowly above the rice field, spraying pesticide. Standing at the edge of the field, Chen smiled and chatted with her husband, Qu Junzhi, about this year's harvest.

Farmers across the country have been busy with agricultural activities on Cold Dew, which is one of the 24 solar terms of the Chinese lunar calendar and falls on Oct. 8 this year.