On March 26, tea pickers started harvesting tea leaves in the tea garden ahead of the Qingming Festival, to produce the Mingqian (meaning "pre-Qingming") tea in Dayutang Village, Qiaoshi Township, Jianghua Yao Autonomous County. As the Qingming Festival approaches, which will fall on April 5 this year, the local tea gardens have entered a busy period of tea picking. Workers have stepped up picking and processing tea leaves to supply the market. (Photo/Jiang Keqing and Yang Dingxiang)

On March 26, tea pickers started harvesting tea leaves in the tea garden ahead of the Qingming Festival, to produce the Mingqian (meaning "pre-Qingming") tea in Dayutang Village, Qiaoshi Township, Jianghua Yao Autonomous County. As the Qingming Festival approaches, which will fall on April 5 this year, the local tea gardens have entered a busy period of tea picking. Workers have stepped up picking and processing tea leaves to supply the market. (Photo/Jiang Keqing and Yang Dingxiang)

On March 26, tea pickers started harvesting tea leaves in the tea garden ahead of the Qingming Festival, to produce the Mingqian (meaning "pre-Qingming") tea in Dayutang Village, Qiaoshi Township, Jianghua Yao Autonomous County. As the Qingming Festival approaches, which will fall on April 5 this year, the local tea gardens have entered a busy period of tea picking. Workers have stepped up picking and processing tea leaves to supply the market. (Photo/Jiang Keqing and Yang Dingxiang)

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

Translator: Yu Jiangjiang

Chinese source: hunantoday