Winter wheat is the most imiportant food crop of the North China Plain and normally sown together with barley in early autumn following the harvesting of summer crops such as gaoliang and soybeans.

• 冬小麦是华北平原最重要的粮食作物，通常是和大麦一起，在秋初继收成夏季作物如高粱，大都之后播种的。