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Feel the harvest scene and share the joy of autumn harvest

Photo taken on October 7, 2021 shows a villager drives a wheel loader to load cotton bales onto a truck in Kumishi Town, Toksun County, Turpan City, northwest China’s Xinjiang. (Photo by Li Jinghai)

Kumishi Town of Toksun County is located at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, where sunshine time is longer, more wind and less rain. It has good soil, especially suitable for cotton planting. Kumishi Town is also the main cotton production area in Toksun County, with more than 70,000 mu (11531.58 acres) of cotton planned to be planted this year, including 64,000 mu (10543.16 acres) in Kumishi Town alone.

Photo taken on October 7, 2021 shows a villager drives a machine to harvest cotton in Kumishi Town, Toksun County, Turpan City, northwest China’s Xinjiang. (Photo by Li Jinghai)

Photo taken on October 7, 2021 shows the cotton field in Kumishi Town, Toksun County, Turpan City, northwest China’s Xinjiang. (Photo by Li Jinghai)

Photo taken on October 7, 2021 shows a villager drives a wheel loader to load cotton bales in Kumishi Town, Toksun County, Turpan City, northwest China’s Xinjiang. (Photo by Li Jinghai)

Photo taken on October 8, 2021 shows a villager drives a machine to harvest rice at Xiaertuore Village in Daheyanzi Town in Jinghe County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photo by Sai Yongjie)

At present, the 3,000 mu (494.21 acres) of rice in Daheyanzi Town in Jinghe County enters the harvest season. Villagers seize the good weather to harvest in time and make sure that every grain will be sent to the granary.

Photo taken on October 8, 2021 shows a villager harvests rice with happy face at Xiaertuore Village in Daheyanzi Town in Jinghe County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photo by Sai Yongjie)

Photo taken on October 8, 2021 shows rice is ripe at Xiaertuore Village in Daheyanzi Town in Jinghe County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photo by Sai Yongjie)

Photo taken on October 7, 2021 shows villagers harvest walnuts at Tumuxiuke Village in Tumuxiuke Town, Wensu County, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China’s Xinjiang. (Photo by Yu Lei)

It is the season of walnut harvest now, and more than 1,400 mu (230.63 acres) of walnuts are ripe at Tumuxiuke Village in Tumuxiuke Town, Wensu County. Walnuts are taken as “gold eggs” that can make villagers rich.

Photo taken on October 7, 2021 shows villagers dry walnuts at Tumuxiuke Village in Tumuxiuke Town, Wensu County, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China’s Xinjiang. (Photo by Yu Lei)