A farmer dries newly-harvested early-season rice at Xidong Village, Banqiao Town, Changning City. (Photo/Zhou Xiuyuchun)

In Dashu, or Major Heat solar term period, the paddy rice planting areas in southern China enter the "Shuangqiang" stage when farmers rush to harvest early-season rice while transplanting late-season rice seedlings. In spite of scorching heat, farmers in Hunan's Changning City are engaged in these farming work to ensure a bumper harvest of the year.

In recent years, Changning City has given top priority to rice production. It has carried out a multiple cropping mode of double-cropping rice and "flue-cured tobacco + late-season rice", which has enhanced land utilization and output capacity and maximize the potential of land. These practices have also helped increase farmers' income and boost rural revitalization.

A farmer drives a harvester to harvest early-season rice at Xinyuan Village, Shengqiao Town, Changning City. (Photo/Zhou Xiuyuchun) 

Farmers transplant late-season rice seedlings in a paddy field at Changjiang Village, Sanjiaotang Town, Changning City. (Photo/Zhou Xiuyuchun) 

A farmer throws the late-season rice seedlings to be transplanted in a paddy field at Changjiang Village, Sanjiaotang Town, Changning City. (Photo/Zhou Xiuyuchun) 

Farmers drive agricultural machine to plough the field at Jiangnan Village, Sanjiaotang Town, Changning City. (Photo/Zhou Xiuyuchun) 

Farmers transplant late-season rice seedlings in a paddy field at Changjiang Village, Sanjiaotang Town, Changning City. (Photo/Zhou Xiuyuchun)

A farmer harvests early-season rice with agricultural machinery at Jiangnan Village, Sanjiaotang Town, Changning City. (Photo/Zhou Xiuyuchun) 

Farmers arrange the late-season rice seedlings to be transplanted at Changjiang Village, Sanjiaotang Town, Changning City. (Photo/Zhou Xiuyuchun)

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

Translator: Pang Yuehui

Chinese source: People's Daily