As midsummer comes, the daylily flowers in Qidong County enter harvest season. Local farmers are busy picking the daylily flowers. “Qidong Daylily Flower” was approved as a national geological indication product. There are 165,000 mu (about 11,005 ha.) of daylily flower plantations in the county. A complete planting-processing chain has been formed, which has brought fortune to local farmers. The photo, taken on July 11, shows farmers drying daylily flowers at a plantation in Huangtu Town, Qidong County. (Photo/Cao Zhengping)

This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Pang Yuehui

Chinese source: hunan.gov.cn