Hundred earthen ovens bake sweet potatoes at Yimeng Stone Sea for the autumn holiday

The Yimeng Stone Sea scenic area in Linyi, East China's Shandong province, has set up a hundred earthen ovens along its hillside for the autumn holiday, slow-baking sweet potatoes over wood fire until the flesh turns soft and honeyed — the first meal many local families are choosing for the break.

The meguma-style oven bake, a rural tradition in which food is sealed in a heated earth oven and left to cook in residual heat, is the area's holiday centerpiece. Besides sweet potatoes, the ovens turn out baked corn and the area also serves wood-fired chicken stewed in an iron pot.

Visitors can round out a day trip with the area's pet park, non-powered playground, and a series of photogenic installations, making it a one-stop outing for families with children during the holiday.

Editor：韩蒙蒙