There is a Chinese saying that says, "The whole year's work depends on a good start in spring."

中國有一句古話，“一年之計在于春”。

As China has long been an agricultural country, for Chinese people, spring means the beginning of a whole year's farming.

對于以農(nóng)業(yè)立國的中國人來說，春季意味著一年農(nóng)耕生活的開始。

There are six solar terms in spring: Start of Spring, Rain Water, Insects Awaken, Spring Equinox, Clear and Bright, and Grain Rain.

春季共包含立春、雨水、驚蟄、春分、清明，谷雨。

With these solar terms arriving in order, everything in the world wakes up from winter.

隨著節(jié)氣的推進，世間萬物徹底從冬季中蘇醒過來。

Start of Spring is the first of the 24 solar terms, which is considered the beginning of spring.

立春是二十四節(jié)氣中的第一個，它被認為是春天的開始。

On this day, Chinese people have a custom of "biting spring" where they eat carrots or spring cakes to celebrate its arrival.

中國人在這一天有“咬春”的習俗，吃胡蘿卜或春餅來慶祝春天的到來。

A shower of Rain Water awakens hibernating creatures.

一陣“雨水”催動冬眠的生物醒來。

The spring thunder surges after Insects Awaken, and then Spring Equinox falls, marking the true arrival of spring.

“驚蟄”這個節(jié)氣之后，春雷乍動，隨后便迎來“春分”，春天就真的來臨了。

What follows is Clear and Bright time for spring outings.

接下來是“清明”踏青的時候了。

After finishing dates with blooming flowers, Grain Rain arrives, which is also the last solar term of spring. It indicates the hot summer is coming.

看完枝頭的花，“谷雨”如期而至，這也是春天的最后一個節(jié)氣，預示著一個熱鬧的夏天即將到來。

Picking tea leaves is an important spring activity in the Yangtze River basin in South China.

“采茶”是中國南方長江流域一項重要的春季生產(chǎn)活動。

Ancient Chinese agricultural production has long been guided by solar terms, and so has tea production.

古老的農(nóng)業(yè)生產(chǎn)向來以節(jié)氣為農(nóng)事安排的指導，茶葉生產(chǎn)也是一樣。

And tea leaves are ready to pick before Qingming, or Clear and Bright; people call tea picked at this time as Mingqian tea.

“清明”前就可采茶，我們把這時采摘的茶稱為“明前茶”。

Because of the small output and good quality, Mingqian tea is considered very precious.

由于產(chǎn)量少、品質(zhì)好，明前茶十分珍貴。

China has been a big tea producing country since ancient times.

中國自古以來就是茶葉生產(chǎn)大國。

Chinese tea culture has become part of people's lives whether it's in ancient courts or in modern society. It penetrates Chinese poetry, etiquette, religion and medicine.

茶文化滲透古今的宮廷和社會，深入中國的詩詞歌賦、禮儀、宗教、醫(yī)學。

According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China's tea planting area has grown continuously in recent years, with an increase of more than 1.81 million hectares in 16 years since 2000.

國家統(tǒng)計局和農(nóng)業(yè)農(nóng)村部數(shù)據(jù)顯示，中國茶葉種植面積近年來連續(xù)增長，自2000年起16年間增加181萬公頃。

China's annual tea production has ranked first in the world for several years in a row.

中國茶葉產(chǎn)量連續(xù)多年排名世界第一。

East China's Zhejiang province is a major tea-producing place in the country.

浙江省是中國的產(chǎn)茶大省。

For example, White Tea in HuZhou city's Anji county and West Lake Longjing Tea in Hangzhou are two renowned teas in both China and abroad.

例如，湖州市安吉縣的白茶，杭州市的西湖龍井茶等等都享譽中外。

In spring, local hillsides are filled with tea workers as well as farmers sowing seeds on their land.

在春季除了田間播種，山坡上滿是忙著采茶的茶農(nóng)。

The beautiful scenery of tea farms in the countryside has also led to a tourism boom in these places.

美麗的鄉(xiāng)間采茶還帶動了現(xiàn)代旅游業(yè)。

Many families take their children to experience the fun of picking tea leaves during spring outings with singing, chatting and laughter echoing in the mountains.

很多家庭帶著孩子前來體驗春季采茶的樂趣，采茶小調(diào)和歡聲笑語飄滿山間。

Picking tea leaves reflects the simplicity and hard work of Chinese workers, which is also full of vitality.

采茶傾注著中國勞動人民的樸素與辛勤，充滿了濃厚的生活氣息。

The busy harvest in the fields starts from tea farmers, and then comes summer - a season for plowing and weeding.

田野間的忙碌從茶農(nóng)開始，耕耘的夏天就要到來。