Recently, in the Dongxiyang paddy fields—Guangdong's largest double-season rice production area—heavy rice ears sway and waves of grain ripple in the breeze. Orchards and farms are laden with pineapples, dragon fruit and papayas, their sweet fragrance filling the air. Along the coast, docks are bustling as nets are hauled in, filling baskets with fresh golden pomfret. 

The fields of the Leizhou Peninsula glow with harvest gold.

Villagers spread out harvested rice to dry. 

Fishing boats return to port loaded with golden pomfret.

Farmers harvest pumpkins with delight.

People celebrate a bumper pineapple harvest in Xuwen.

Dragon fruit from Suixi fills the warehouse.

Villagers dry Leizhou rushes after harvest.

Large, sweet papayas are harvested in Xuwen.

Author: Chen Huan

Photos: Shi Dongyang, He Ying, Peng Zhenqiang, Li Weiqiang, Li Hongxian, Luo Jinping