China: Xinjiang enters harvest season

(ECNS) -- Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has been filled with the joy of harvest since September. Bohu County in southern Xinjiang, known as the "hometown of China's peppers," has a beautiful ecological environment, fertile land, and sufficient light and heat conditions, which endow Bohu peppers with a good color and high calcium content. As a pillar industry in the region, peppers are processed into chili powder, chili sauce and so on. On a 10,000-mu (6.67 million square meter) vineyard in Heshuo County, villagers picked and selected grapes with high maturity and good appearance, putting them in baskets, weighing, packing and loading. A large area of wine grapes has been planted in southern Xinjiang, which has won wide popularity among consumers across the country due to its excellent quality, bright color and high sugar content. Xinjiang's wine grape area accounts for a quarter of the country. During harvest season, lotus roots typically pile up in the lotus ...