In Shanxi, farmers harvest red fireweed

Updated: Sep 16, 2022 By Sun Ruisheng in Taiyuan and Zhou Huiying chinadaily.com.cn Print

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Farmers in Caojiagou village in Liulin county, Shanxi province, are glad for this year's bumper harvest of fireweed. [Photo by Wang Fengyun/For chinadaily.com.cn]

More than 13.3 hectares of farmland in the village have been planted with fireweed, and the value of fireweed sales is estimated at around 600,000 yuan ($86,100) a year, greatly improving villagers' incomes.

The harvest also results in a unique red landscape that attracts many tourists to the village.

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