Paddy fields usher in ripening season in NE China’s Heilongjiang

A stitched aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 13, 2026 shows rainbows over paddy fields in Fujin City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Photo by Qu Yubao/Xinhua)

HARBIN, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province is embracing the ripening season of paddy rice.

An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 15, 2026 shows the sunrise scenery over paddy fields at a farm under Beidahuang Group in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Photo by Huang Yongxing/Xinhua)

A drone photo taken on Sept. 12, 2026 shows a bullet train running along a bridge over paddy fields in Hailin City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Photo by Zhang Chunxiang/Xinhua)

An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 14, 2026 shows paddy fields at a farm under Beidahuang Group in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Photo by Huang Yongxing/Xinhua)

A drone photo taken on Sept. 13, 2026 shows a rainbow over paddy fields in Fujin City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Photo by Qu Yubao/Xinhua)

An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 14, 2026 shows paddy fields at a farm under Beidahuang Group in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Photo by Huang Yongxing/Xinhua)

A drone photo taken on Sept. 14, 2026 shows paddy fields in Fujin City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Photo by Qu Yubao/Xinhua)■