1 / 3   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

2 / 3   The practice is known in Chinese as “Shaiqiu”. /Xinhua Photo

3 / 3   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