A folk dance is staged at the opening ceremony of Cuigu Agricultural Park's third rural picking festival, on Aug 25. [Photo/yqnews.com.cn]

A rural fruit and vegetable picking festival kicked off on Aug 25 in Cuigu Agricultural Park in Cangshan Mountain in Yuxian county, Yangquan city. 

The five-day festival, sponsored by the Yangquan culture and tourism bureau, is drawing tourists far and wide to come and pick fresh fruit and vegetables and enjoy the country scenery. 

In recent years, the Cuigu Agricultural Park has been developing modern agriculture and promoting integrated agriculture and tourism, creating various forms of rural tourism such as rural sightseeing tours, folk customs experience tours and leisure fruit and vegetable picking tours.