An aerial drone photo taken on April 3, 2025 shows farmers picking tea leaves at a tea base in Wuhu, east China's Anhui Province.

Farmers were busy harvesting tea leaves shortly before the Qingming Festival 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. (Photo by Xiao Benxiang/Xinhua)