The child of a grower laughs at the sight of a cart full of apricots during harvest time in Toksun County of Turpan City, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Photo by Akparjan Rosul

Tianshannet news (Reporter Yu Mengfan): In mid May, the rural areas at the foot of the Mountain of Flames in Turpan witness a busy harvest scene. Green watermelons, golden Hami melons, red apricots are ripe now. Growers shuttle through the fields and pick fruits, sharing with each other the joy of harvest.

A villager livestreams on Tik Tok to promote the sales of special local agricultural produce such as mushy pulp tomatoes and raisins of her hometown Bulak Village in Grape Town in Gaochang District of Turpan City, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Photo by Zhang Fujun

A local grower demonstrates watermelons cultivated in the field in Tuyugou Township of Shanshan County of Turpan City, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Photo by Zhang Fujun

An undergraduate demonstrates Hami melons cultivated in the greenhouse in Grape Town in Gaochang District of Turpan City, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Photo by Zhang Fujun

A local grower demonstrates happily apricots at an orchard in Toksun County of Turpan City, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Photo by Wang Shujun

A villager picks Balado grapes at a greenhouse in Shanshan County of Turpan City, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Photo by Yang Xiaohui

Local growers pick watermelons for market supply in Shanshan County of Turpan City, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Photo by Zhang Fujun

Children pose as if they were models for apricots of their own families in Toksun County of Turpan City, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Photo by Wang Shujun