Aerial photo taken on March 30, 2022 shows farmers picking tea leaves at a tea garden in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Photo by Hu Xuejun/Xinhua)
BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Spring tea harvesting activities are underway in producing areas across China. Traditionally, the Chinese value tea made from the very first tea sprouts in spring that should be picked up before Qingming Festival, which falls on April 5 this year.
Aerial photo taken on March 30, 2022 shows farmers picking tea leaves at a tea garden in Anji County, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Photo by Xia Pengfei/Xinhua)
Photo taken on March 29, 2022 shows farmers picking tea leaves at a tea garden in Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Photo by Wu Zheng/Xinhua)
Aerial photo taken on March 30, 2022 shows farmers picking tea leaves at a tea garden in Shanglin County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)
A farmer picks tea leaves at a tea garden in Shanglin County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)
Farmers pick tea leaves at a tea garden in Shanglin County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)
Aerial photo taken on March 29, 2022 shows a tea garden in Jiangning District of Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)
Workers pick tea leaves in a tea garden in Jiangning District of Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, March 29, 2022. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)
Workers sort tea leaves outside a workshop in Jiangning District of Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, March 29, 2022. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)
A villager shows newly-picked tea leaves in Niaowang Village of Yunwu Township in Guiding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, March 29, 2022. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
A villager shows newly-picked tea leaves in Niaowang Village of Yunwu Township in Guiding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, March 29, 2022. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)■