A farmer boards Train 6433 carrying a basket of homegrown prunes on Aug. 24, 2023. The farmer said she woke up as early as daybreak to pluck the prunes from her field. [Photo by Chen Boyuan/China.org.cn]
Each morning at 7:03 a.m., a local train departs from the Xinglong Railway Station in the rural area of Chengde in northern China's Hebei province and heads for downtown Chengde.