An aerial photo shows farmers busy harvesting hawthorn berries in Xizhangjiazhaizi village in Laixi, a county-level city in Qingdao, Shandong province in late autumn. [Photo by Liu Mingyuan/Guanhai News]

Farmers show the hawthorn berries they just picked from the orchard in Xizhangjiazhaizi village. [Photo by Liu Mingyuan/Guanhai News]

Hawthorn berries can be eaten as a fruit as well as be canned and processed into jam, candy, and drinks. [Photo by Liu Mingyuan/Guanhai News]

Xizhangjiazhaizi village in Laixi embraces a bumper hawthorn berry harvest this autumn. [Photo by Liu Mingyuan/Guanhai News]

Farmers pack hawthorn berries in Xizhangjiazhaizi village. [Photo by Liu Mingyuan/Guanhai News]

The hawthorn berries produced in Xizhangjiazhaizi village boast excellent quality and have a sweet and sour taste. [Photo by Liu Mingyuan/Guanhai News]