March 12 of each year is China's Arbor Day. Arbor Day is an important festival to call on mankind to pay attention to forest protection and publicize the awareness of afforestation. It is of great significance to improve the earth's ecological environment. Therefore, Arbor Day is established all over the world. So how many tree planting days will 2019 be in China? What is the theme slogan of Arbor Day every year? The small editor of this article will tell you which Arbor Day 2019 is, and the theme slogans of arbor day over the years. Let's have a look.
China's Arbor Day is set on March 12 every year. On February 23, 1979, the sixth meeting of the Standing Committee of the Fifth National People's Congress decided to still take March 12 as China's Arbor Day. Therefore, March 12, 1979 is the first arbor day, so 2019 is the 41st arbor day.
Themes and slogans of arbor day over the years
The theme of arbor day in 2009 is: let the forest enter the city and let the city embrace the forest.
The theme of arbor day in 2010 is: together with big trees.
The theme of arbor day in 2011 is to pursue green fashion and move towards green civilization.
The theme of arbor day in 2012 is to plant trees voluntarily, build a green and harmonious home, plant green and protect green, and create a provincial demonstration civilized city.
The theme of arbor day in 2013 is to carry out afforestation and vigorously promote the construction of ecological civilization.
The theme of arbor day in 2014 is to embrace spring and sow green.
The theme of arbor day in 2015 is to beautify the environment and clean the air.
The theme of arbor day in 2017 is' climate, human and society '
The theme of 2018 Arbor Day is to fulfill the obligation of planting trees and build a beautiful China.
Origin of Arbor Day
Every year, March 12 is China's Arbor Day. In fact, this day is the anniversary of Dr. Sun Yat Sen's death. Determine this day as arbor day. First, consider the planting season; Second, to commemorate Dr. Sun Yat Sen's achievements in advocating afforestation in his life.
Dr. Sun Yat Sen has loved planting trees since childhood. A 100 year old sandalwood sour bean tree still grows in his former residence. In 1883, Sun Yat Sen, who was only 18 years old, brought back seedlings from Honolulu, the United States and planted them by himself. He finally became useful under his careful cultivation.
Sun Yat Sen was also the first person who strongly advocated afforestation in modern China. In the political document Shangli Hongzhang, which he personally drafted, he proposed that if China wants to be strong, it must 'urgently promote agronomy and pay attention to tree art'.
After the revolution of 1911, Dr. Sun Yat Sen put forward a plan for large-scale afforestation in northern and central China. In 1924, he stressed in a speech in Guangzhou that the fundamental way to prevent floods and droughts is to continuously plant trees and build large-scale forests. In addition, he repeatedly stressed the harm of deforestation and the importance of afforestation in many books and speeches, and personally planted trees.
At the initiative of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, China first stipulated the annual Qingming Festival as Arbor Day on July 30, 1915. On March 12, 1925, after Sun Yat Sen died, it was decided to designate March 12, the date of Sun Yat Sen's death, as arbor day to commemorate his achievements in advocating afforestation.
Since the founding of new China, the party and the state have attached great importance to greening construction. In the mid-1950s, Chairman Mao Zedong called for the "greening of the motherland" and the implementation of land landscaping. In 1956, China began the first "12-year greening campaign". On February 23, 1979, at the sixth meeting of the Standing Committee of the Fifth National People's Congress, according to the proposal of the State Council, in order to mobilize the people of all ethnic groups to plant trees and speed up the greening of the motherland, in addition, In order to commemorate Dr. Sun Yat Sen, he decided to take March 12 as the national Arbor Day every year.
The modern Arbor Day was first initiated by Nebraska in the United States. Before the 19th century, Nebraska was a barren wasteland with few trees, dry land, strong winds and yellow sand. The people suffered deeply. In 1872, Julius middot, a famous American agronomist; Sterling & middot; Morton proposed a tree planting day in Nebraska to mobilize people to plant trees in a planned way.
At that time, the State Agriculture Bureau adopted the proposal through a resolution, and the governor personally set the third Wednesday in April as tree planting day. After this decision was made, millions of trees were planted that year. In the following 16 years, another 600 million trees were planted successively, which finally turned the 100000 hectares of wilderness in Nebraska into dense forest. In order to commend Morton's achievements, in 1885, the State Council officially stipulated that Mr. Morton's birthday, April 22, was the annual Arbor Day and a day off.
In the United States, Arbor Day is a state holiday without a unified national date. But every year in April and may, American States organize Arbor Day activities. For example, Rhode Island stipulates that the second Friday in May is Arbor Day and has a day off. In other states, some are fixed dates, and some are temporarily determined by the governor or other government departments of the state every year. Whenever the arbor day comes, the masses from all walks of life, mainly students, form a vast army of tree planting and invest in tree planting activities.
In today's United States, trees travel and carry roads. According to statistics. One third of the United States is covered with forest trees, which is inseparable from the tree planting Festival.