As weather turned warm and tea leaves grew faster, many places in China have entered tea harvest season.

Recently, farmers are busy in harvesting tea leaves ahead of the Qingming Festival, which falls on April 5 this year, to produce the Mingqian (literally "pre-Qingming") tea, which are made of the very first tea sprouts in spring and considered to be of high quality.

Workers pick tea leaves at a tea garden in Longjing Village of Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, March 24, 2018. Hangzhou is a major production region of China's Longjing tea. Longjing tea, also known as West Lake Dragon Well tea, is a variety of green tea from Hangzhou. It has topped the list of the ten most famous teas in China and is characterized by its green color, delicate aroma, mellow taste and beautiful shape. (Xinhua/Han Chuanhao)