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Drinking in tradition
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A local villager walks home with a barrel of wine scooped at a ceremony celebrating the autumn harvest in Hefang Township in the city of Shaowu, Fujian Province October 11. The festival has a history of 1,416 years and occurs on the first day of the ninth month on the lunar calendar. The tradition is listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Fujian Province.

Local villagers rush to scoop up wine from a wooden barrel at a ceremony celebrating the autumn harvest in Hefang Township.

Local villager move wine vessels.

(Newsphoto October 12, 2007)

        
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