A reaper harvests rice at a State-owned plantation in Nanzhang county, Hebei province, on Sept 7. [Provided to China Daily]

The Sixth Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival fell on Saturday. China Daily photographers earlier traveled across the country and recorded the highlights of the busiest season for farmers.

Villagers harvest rice at a plantation that jointly farms fish and rice in Renshou county, Sichuan province, on Sept 6. PAN JIANYONG/FOR CHINA DAILY

A farmer harvests lotus roots at a plantation in Xiazhuang village, Taizhou, Jiangsu province, on Sept 7. TANG DEHONG/FOR CHINA DAILY

Farmers unload fresh chili peppers for drying from a tractor in Gaotai county, Gansu province, on Sept 13. WANG JIANG/FOR CHINA DAILY

A worker shows sorghum just threshed in Youyang Tujia and Miao autonomous county, Chongqing, on Sept 11. HE YI/FOR CHINA DAILY

Farmers thresh newly harvested rice at Banqiao community in Jinsha county, Guizhou province, on Sept 8. [Provided to China Daily]

A farmer sorts newly harvested tangerines on a truck in Congjiang county, Guizhou province, on Sept 17. WU DEJUN/XINHUA

A worker dries this year's yield in Shexian county, Anhui province, on Sept 18. SHI YALEI/FOR CHINA DAILY