Chinese farmers busy with planting as Grain Rain comes

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Publish time: 21st April, 2014      Source: Xinhua News Agency
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A farmer sows cotton on a field in Zhangzhuang Village of Neihuang County in Anyang, central China's Henan Province, April 19, 2014. Farmers here were busy with planting these days, as April 20 is Guyu (Grain Rain), one of the 24 solar terms created by ancient Chinese to carry out agricultural activities according to position of sun at the zodiacal circle. (Xinhua/Liu Xiaokun) 

 

Farmers sow cotton on a field in Zhangzhuang Village of Neihuang County in Anyang, central China's Henan Province, April 19, 2014. Farmers here were busy with planting these days, as April 20 is Guyu (Grain Rain), one of the 24 solar terms created by ancient Chinese to carry out agricultural activities according to position of sun at the zodiacal circle. (Xinhua/Liu Xiaokun)

 

Farmers sow peanuts on a field in Yangzhuang Village of Shanting District in Zaozhuang, east China's Shandong Province, April 19, 2014. Farmers here were busy with planting these days, as April 20 is Guyu (Grain Rain), one of the 24 solar terms created by ancient Chinese to carry out agricultural activities according to position of sun at the zodiacal circle. (Xinhua/Liu Mingxiang)

 

A woman works on her strawberry field in Bazi Village of Yicheng District in Zaozhuang, east China's Shandong Province, April 19, 2014. Farmers here were busy with planting these days, as April 20 is Guyu (Grain Rain), one of the 24 solar terms created by ancient Chinese to carry out agricultural activities according to position of sun at the zodiacal circle. (Xinhua/Sun Qilu)