Spring Tea Enters Harvest Season in Hunan

The photo, taken on March 24, shows a villager harvesting spring tea leaves. As the temperature gradually rises, buds have sprouted from tea trees which cover an area of 1,000 mu (about 66.7 hectares) at a tea garden in Bailian Town, Hengdong County. Local farmers are busy picking spring tea leaves to ensure market supply. (Photo/Cao Zhengping and Yan Lingli)

The photo, taken on March 24, shows villagers picking spring tea leaves at a tea garden in Jingwuzhou Town, Tongdao Dong Autonomous County. As the weather gets warmer, local farmers are actively engaged in tea harvest at tea gardens. (Photo/Li Yongzhu) 

The photo, taken on March 24, shows villagers harvesting spring tea leaves at Aikou Village, Majing'ao Town, Jishou City. Tea fields here have entered spring harvest season recently. Local farmers are busy picking tea leaves to ensure market supply. (Photo/Liu Zhenjun)

The photo, taken on March 24, shows farmers picking tea leaves at a tea garden in Guidong County to produce Mingqian tea for market supply. Mingqian tea is made of the very first tea sprouts in spring and considered to be of high quality. (Photo/Deng Renxiang)