"Arbor Day" is a festival stipulated by law in some countries to promote the benefits of forests and mobilize the masses to participate in afforestation.
According to the length of time, it can be divided into tree planting day, tree planting week or tree planting month, collectively called Arbor Day.
Through this kind of activity, we can stimulate people's love for forests and afforestation, improve people's understanding of the functions of forests, promote land greening, and achieve the goals of loving and protecting forests, expanding forest resources, and improving the ecological environment.
It is a festival established to mobilize all people to plant trees.
On February 23, 1979, the sixth meeting of the Standing Committee of the Fifth National People's Congress decided that March 12 would still be China's Arbor Day to encourage people of all ethnic groups to plant trees, green the motherland, improve the environment, and benefit future generations.
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Table of Contents Origin of the Festival China Arbor Day Mr. Sun Yat-sen and Arbor Day The effectiveness of the tree-planting movement after the founding of New China Festival emblem Festival theme Foreign Arbor Days Different tree-planting cultures Arbor Days in various countries Overview Ecological value of tree-planting interesting facts Network Arbor Day first launch Public welfare purpose Origin of the festival Tree-planting in China Mr. Sun Yat-sen and Arbor Day. The effectiveness of the tree planting movement after the founding of New China. Festival emblems. Festival themes. Arbor Days in foreign countries. Different tree planting cultures. Overview of Arbor Days in various countries. Ecological value. Interesting facts about tree planting. Network. The first Arbor Day launches. Public welfare purposes. Edit this section. Origin of the festival in ancient my country. There is a tradition of planting willow trees during the Qingming Festival, and the modern Arbor Day was first initiated by Nebraska in the United States.
Before the 19th century, Nebraska was a bare wilderness with few trees, dry land, strong winds, and yellow sand in the sky, and the people suffered deeply from it.
In 1872, the famous American agriculturist Julius Sterling Moulton proposed to establish Arbor Day in Nebraska to mobilize people to plant trees in a planned way.
At that time, the state Agriculture Bureau adopted a resolution to adopt this proposal, and the governor personally designated the third Wednesday in April as Arbor Day from now on.
After this decision was made, millions of trees were planted that year.
In the next 16 years, another 600 million trees were planted, finally turning 100,000 hectares of wilderness in Nebraska into a dense forest.
In recognition of Moulton's achievements, in 1885 the state Legislature officially designated April 22, Mr. Moulton's birthday, as Arbor Day each year, with a day off.
In the United States, Arbor Day is a state holiday and does not have a uniform date across the country.
But every year in April and May, every state in the United States organizes Arbor Day activities.
For example, the state of Rhode Island stipulates that the second Friday in May is Arbor Day and has a day off.
Some other states have fixed dates, while others have the governor or other state government departments temporarily decide the date of Arbor Day every year.
Whenever Arbor Day comes, people from all walks of life, mainly students, form a mighty tree-planting army and engage in tree-planting activities.
According to the statistics.
One-third of the United States is covered by forest trees, and this achievement is inseparable from Arbor Day.
Edit this paragraph Chinese Arbor Day The history of afforestation in China can be traced back to 2,600 years ago.
In ancient my country, there was a tradition of planting willows and trees during the Qingming Festival.
However, afforestation and forestry development truly became strategic tasks for national construction after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and becoming a legal citizen began at the beginning of reform and opening up.
Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Arbor Day Sun Yat-sen was the first person in modern Chinese history to realize the importance of forests and advocate tree planting.
Arbor Day (1 photo) Shortly after the establishment of the Nanjing government of the Republic of China, with Sun Yat-sen as the interim president, it established the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in May 1912, with the Forestry Department under it, in charge of national forestry administrative affairs; in November 1914, it promulgated the Modern Law of the Republic of my country. The first Forest Law in history.
In July 1915, at the initiative of Sun Yat-sen, the then Beiyang government officially issued an order to designate the Tomb-Sweeping Day as the Arbor Day every year, specifying a location and selecting tree species. Governments, agencies and schools at all levels across the country participated as scheduled, held an Arbor Day ceremony and
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After approval on July 21 of that year, the order was implemented nationwide as scheduled.
Since then, our country has had Arbor Day.
On March 12, 1925, Dr. Sun Yat-sen passed away.
In 1928, to commemorate the third anniversary of Sun Yat-sen's death, the Nationalist Government held a tree-planting ceremony.
In order to commemorate Dr. Sun Yat-sen, March 12th will be designated as Arbor Day every year.
After the completion of the Northern Expedition in 1928, the Kuomintang government issued a nationwide order on April 7: "The Qingming Arbor Day in the old calendar should be changed to a tree planting ceremony to commemorate the death of the Prime Minister." On February 9, 1929, the Ministry of Agriculture and Mines of the Republic of China issued a ministerial order to commemorate the death of the Prime Minister.
Article 16 of the Interim Regulations on Tree Planting in Various Provinces.
Yi Peiji, Minister of Agriculture and Minerals of the Executive Yuan of the National Government, followed the instructions of Dr. Sun Yat-sen and actively promoted afforestation. In February 1930, he submitted a proposal to the Executive Yuan and the National Government. The week from March 9 to 15 was designated as "Afforestation Movement Publicity Week".
A tree planting ceremony was held on the 12th, the anniversary of the death of Dr. Sun Yat-sen.