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Delicacy for Autumn Equinox: taro

STORY: Delicacy for Autumn Equinox: taro DATELINE: Sept. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Samar Amr digging taros in the field 2. SOUNDBITE (English): SAMAR AMR, Egyptian student in China STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (English): SAMAR AMR, Egyptian student in China "An old Chinese saying goes, eat taro in Autumn, and it will be surplus whole year. Qiufen (Autumn Equinox) is coming. Now taro is ripe. Let's follow the camera of Xinhua News Agency and to dig taro together. Qiufen, as the name suggests, is the half of autumn. In this time, the sun is directly shining on the equator. Look, very fresh taro. In Egypt, in my hometown, people can also plant taro. It can be boiled and used in soup or served as a side dish. However, we are going to make a popular Chinese dish today. Very delicious! In fact, this day is also farmers' harvest festival in China. People harvest crops such as rice, corn, cotton, peanuts, and sorghum." Xinhua News Agency correspondents r

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