In midsummer, farmers across Hunan Province have entered the busiest period of the year — "Shuangqiang" season — harvesting early-season rice while transplanting late-season rice seedlings. Farmers have seized the farming season to carry out agricultural work, presenting a busy farming scene. The photo shows a villager operating an agricultural machine to level rice fields in Dapu Town, Hengdong County. (Photo/Cao Zhengping and Wang Zheng)

In midsummer, farmers across Hunan Province have entered the busiest period of the year — "Shuangqiang" season — harvesting early-season rice while transplanting late-season rice seedlings. Farmers have seized the farming season to carry out agricultural work, presenting a busy farming scene. The photo shows a villager operating an agricultural machine to harvest early-season rice at Dapu Town, Hengdong County. (Photo/Cao Zhengping and Wang Zheng)

In midsummer, farmers across Hunan Province have entered the busiest period of the year — "Shuangqiang" season — harvesting early-season rice while transplanting late-season rice seedlings. Farmers have seized the farming season to carry out agricultural work, presenting a busy farming scene. The photo shows a villager operating an agricultural machine to harvest early-season rice at Ronghe Village, Langbahu Town, Nanxian County. (Photo/Xiao Lefeng)

In midsummer, farmers across Hunan Province have entered the busiest period of the year — "Shuangqiang" season — harvesting early-season rice while transplanting late-season rice seedlings. Farmers have seized the farming season to carry out agricultural work, presenting a busy farming scene. The photo shows a villager operating an agricultural machine to harvest early-season rice at Ronghe Village, Langbahu Town, Nanxian County. (Photo/Xiao Lefeng)

In midsummer, farmers across Hunan Province have entered the busiest period of the year — "Shuangqiang" season — harvesting early-season rice while transplanting late-season rice seedlings. Farmers have seized the farming season to carry out agricultural work, presenting a busy farming scene. The photo shows a villager harvesting early-season rice at Ronghe Village, Langbahu Town, Nanxian County. (Photo/Xiao Lefeng)

In midsummer, farmers across Hunan Province have entered the busiest period of the year — "Shuangqiang" season — harvesting early-season rice while transplanting late-season rice seedlings. Farmers have seized the farming season to carry out agricultural work, presenting a busy farming scene. The photo shows villagers loading harvested rice onto a truck at Jiadikou Village, Xiaodukou Town, Lixian County. (Photo/Bai Yipu and Lu Mengmeng)

In midsummer, farmers across Hunan Province have entered the busiest period of the year — "Shuangqiang" season — harvesting early-season rice while transplanting late-season rice seedlings. Farmers have seized the farming season to carry out agricultural work, presenting a busy farming scene. The photo shows a villager reaping early-season rice with a harvester at Jiadikou Village, Xiaodukou Town, Lixian County. (Photo/Bai Yipu and Lu Mengmeng)

In midsummer, farmers across Hunan Province have entered the busiest period of the year — "Shuangqiang" season — harvesting early-season rice while transplanting late-season rice seedlings. Farmers have seized the farming season to carry out agricultural work, presenting a busy farming scene. The photo shows a villager driving an agricultural machine to harvest early-season rice at Mangtouzhai Village, Yingjiang Neighborhood, Daoxian County. (Photo/Jiang Keqing)

In midsummer, farmers across Hunan Province have entered the busiest period of the year — "Shuangqiang" season — harvesting early-season rice while transplanting late-season rice seedlings. Farmers have seized the farming season to carry out agricultural work, presenting a busy farming scene. The photo shows a villager driving an agricultural machine to harvest early-season rice at Mangtouzhai Village, Yingjiang Neighborhood, Daoxian County. (Photo/Jiang Keqing)

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

Translator: Xiao Juan

Chinese source: hunantoday