These pictures show hot peppers drying on roofs in the east China village of Huangling, Jiangxi Province in an autumnal agricultural custom that has become a tourist draw. /Xinhua Photo

The practice is known in Chinese as “Shaiqiu”. /Xinhua Photo

Colorful crops such as corn, red chili and chrysanthemum flowers are dried in bamboo baskets on roofs or in clearings, marking the beginning of autumn in the Chinese lunar calendar. /Xinhua Photo