China News Service, Guilin, March 18 (Yang Zongsheng, Liang Yan) On March 17, Guanyang County, Guilin City, Guangxi, the birthplace of the Yao people in the world, held the annual "February 8th" Agricultural Tools Festival. Tens of thousands of tourists from all over the world and Local people went to Guanyang County in the morning to celebrate the festival and buy agricultural tools and supplies.
On March 17, the "Shou Fu Ye" parade was held during the "February 8th" Agricultural Tool Festival in Guanyang County, Guilin City, Guangxi.
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On March 17, at the "February 8th" Agricultural Tool Festival in Guanyang County, Guilin City, Guangxi, farmers were purchasing agricultural "drone" for spraying pesticides and fertilizers.
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On March 17, local farmers purchased bamboo agricultural tools on a street during the "February 8th" Farm Tools Festival in Guanyang County, Guilin City, Guangxi.
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On the day of the Farm Tools Festival, the Farm Tools and Food Street was filled with stalls filled with a wide variety of handmade supplies, farming tools, farm supplies, and specialty delicacies, ranging from traditional farming tools to modern agricultural machinery and equipment.
People and tourists, while shopping for their favorite exquisite farm tools and supplies, gathered around the farm banquet and feasted on the "Top Ten Bowls of Guanyang" and tasted Guanyang oil tea and other special delicacies.
On March 17, tourists were shopping for bamboo products at the "February 8th" Agricultural Tools Festival in Guanyang County, Guilin City, Guangxi.
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On March 17, special wooden hooks for oil tea were sold at the "February 8th" Agricultural Tool Festival in Guanyang County, Guilin City, Guangxi.
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On March 17, children played "squeak" on the "February 8th" Agricultural Tool Festival street in Guanyang County, Guilin City, Guangxi.
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On March 17, tourists bought bamboo baskets on a street during the "February 8th" Agricultural Tools Festival in Guanyang County, Guilin City, Guangxi.
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It is understood that Guanyang County is the birthplace of the Yao people in the world. The "February 8th" Agricultural Tool Festival is a unique local traditional folk festival. It originated from the temple fair in the Tang Dynasty and has a history of more than 1,300 years. Now it has It becomes the biggest polder day in Guanyang of the year.
Guanyang County is also a demonstration base for academician Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice in the world," to implement high-yield research on "super rice." The rice output has set a high-yield record for super rice in Guangxi for more than ten consecutive years.
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