Xiazhi, or the Summer Solstice, the tenth solar term of a year in the Chinese lunar calendar, begins from June 21 this year. Farmers in Lanshan County have seized the farming season to carry out summer harvest, planting, and field management. The photo shows a farmer operating an agricultural machine in paddy filed at Xincun Village, Tushi Town, Lanshan County, Yongzhou City. (Photo/Huang Chuntao)  

Xiazhi, or the Summer Solstice, the tenth solar term of a year in the Chinese lunar calendar, begins from June 21 this year. Farmers in Lanshan County have seized the farming season to carry out summer harvest, planting, and field management. The photo shows farmers operating an agricultural machine in paddy filed at Xincun Village, Tushi Town, Lanshan County. (Photo/Huang Chuntao)

Xiazhi, or the Summer Solstice, the tenth solar term of a year in the Chinese lunar calendar, begins from June 21 this year. Farmers in Hengyang County have seized the farming season to carry out summer harvest, planting, and field management. The photo shows farmers transplanting late-season rice seedlings at Taiyuan Town, Hengyang County, Hengyang City. (Photo/Cao Zhengping)

Xiazhi, or the Summer Solstice, the tenth solar term of a year in the Chinese lunar calendar, begins from June 21 this year. Farmers in Jiangyong County have seized the farming season to carry out summer harvest, planting, and field management. The photo shows a farmer taking care of grapes at a grape plantation in Sixia Village, Xiacengpu Town, Jiangyong County, Yongzhou City. (Photo/Tian Rurui)

Xiazhi, or the Summer Solstice, the tenth solar term of a year in the Chinese lunar calendar, begins from June 21 this year. Farmers in Daoxian County have seized the farming season to carry out summer harvest, planting, and field management. The photo shows a farmer operating a drone to carry out plant protection work at a corn field in Daoxian County, Yongzhou City. (Photo/He Hongfu)

Xiazhi, or the Summer Solstice, the tenth solar term of a year in the Chinese lunar calendar, begins from June 21 this year. Farmers in Tongdao Dong Autonomous County have seized the farming season to carry out summer harvest, planting, and field management. The photo shows farmers operating an agricultural machine to level a rice field in Wanfo Town, Tongdao Dong Autonomous County, Huaihua City. (Photo/Hu Xianbing)

Xiazhi, or the Summer Solstice, the tenth solar term of a year in the Chinese lunar calendar, begins from June 21 this year. Farmers in Daoxian County have seized the farming season to carry out summer harvest, planting, and field management. The photo shows a farmer taking care of luffa stems at a plantation in Daoxian County, Yongzhou City. (Photo/Jiang Keqing) 

Xiazhi, or the Summer Solstice, the tenth solar term of a year in the Chinese lunar calendar, begins from June 21 this year. Farmers in Hengdong County have seized the farming season to carry out summer harvest, planting, and field management. The photo shows a farmer operating an agricultural machine to plough the paddy field at Dapu Town, Hengdong County, Hengyang City. (Photo/Cao Zhengping an Yan Lingli)

Xiazhi, or the Summer Solstice, the tenth solar term of a year in the Chinese lunar calendar, begins from June 21 this year. Farmers in Daoxian County have seized the farming season to carry out summer harvest, planting, and field management. The photo shows farmers transporting eggplants at a plantation in Daoxian County, Yongzhou City. (Photo/Jiang Keqing)

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

Translator: Pang Yuehui

Chinese source: hunantoday