{"id":22673,"date":"2020-03-09T23:12:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T06:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=22673"},"modified":"2020-03-09T23:12:47","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T06:12:47","slug":"in-pics-busy-spring-farming-season-in-shandong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=22673","title":{"rendered":"In pics: busy spring farming season in Shandong"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"art-info\">\n<p class=\"fl\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>(chinadaily.com.cn)<\/em><i class=\"vline\">|<\/i><em>Updated : 2020-03-06<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"art_txt\" class=\"art-text\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Shandong, a province known for its excellent agriculture, is gradually resuming farming work across the province.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">March 5 marked the start of the solar term known as the Awakening of Insects, an important time for spring farming, according to the traditional Chinese calendar that divides the solar cycle into 24 periods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"709610\" title=\"1583804137785036403.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/subsites.chinadaily.com.cn\/shandong\/att\/20200310\/1583804137785036403.jpg\" alt=\"0.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Villagers make use of farming machinery in Bozi village, Penglai, East China&#8217;s Shandong province on March 5, 2020. [Photo by Yu Liangyi\/Xinhua]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"709611\" title=\"1583804145740069946.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/subsites.chinadaily.com.cn\/shandong\/att\/20200310\/1583804145740069946.jpg\" alt=\"00.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An aerial photo taken on March 5 shows a villager sowing seeds at a family farm in Zhuji village of Jiaozhou, East China&#8217;s Shandong province. [Photo by Wang Zhaomai\/Xinhua]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"709612\" title=\"1583804157109082595.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/subsites.chinadaily.com.cn\/shandong\/att\/20200310\/1583804157109082595.jpg\" alt=\"1.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A farmer drives a tractor to plough the land in Chiping district of Liaocheng, Shandong province on March 5. [Photo\/dzwww.com]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"709613\" title=\"1583804166860015836.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/subsites.chinadaily.com.cn\/shandong\/att\/20200310\/1583804166860015836.jpg\" alt=\"3.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Villagers plant cabbage in Xinghuliu village in Chiping district, Liaocheng on March 5. [Photo\/dzwww.com]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"709614\" title=\"1583804176026013421.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/subsites.chinadaily.com.cn\/shandong\/att\/20200310\/1583804176026013421.jpg\" alt=\"5.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An aerial photo taken on March 5 shows farmers working in the fields in Liaocheng, East China&#8217;s Shandong province. [Photo\/dzwww.com]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"709615\" title=\"1583804185308036183.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/subsites.chinadaily.com.cn\/shandong\/att\/20200310\/1583804185308036183.jpg\" alt=\"7.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A farmer works in a smart greenhouse which plants cherry tomatoes vertically in Liaocheng, Shandong province on March 4. [Photo\/dzwww.com]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"709616\" title=\"1583804193714055092.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/subsites.chinadaily.com.cn\/shandong\/att\/20200310\/1583804193714055092.jpg\" alt=\"8.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A farmer weeds a cornfield in Houlou village in Liaoche<\/span>ng, East China&#8217;s Shandong province. [Photo\/dzwww.com]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(chinadaily.com.cn)|Updated : 2020-03-06 Shandong, a province&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22674,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22673\/revisions\/22674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}