When I was a child, I was still looking forward to the tree planting day. The school would organize all the teachers and students to plant trees for greening. Every student was looking forward to this kind of interesting collective activities. When I grew up, my impression of tree planting day seemed to be very thin. Only legal holidays would make the mood fluctuate. Having said so much, do you still remember the date of Arbor Day? Let's have a look with Xiaobian.
What day is Arbor Day
Tree planting day is a festival to publicize and protect trees according to the law and mobilize the masses to participate in afforestation activities. Tree Planting Day falls on March 12 of the Gregorian calendar every year. This year's tree planting day is also on Tuesday, March 12.
The origin of Arbor Day
China's tree planting day was initiated by Ling daoyang, Han'an, Pei Yili and other forestry experts in 1915. It was initially set at the annual Qingming Festival. In 1928, in order to commemorate the third anniversary of Sun Yat Sen's death, the national government changed the tree planting day to March 12. After the founding of new China in 1979, under the proposal of Deng Xiaoping, the sixth meeting of the Standing Committee of the Fifth National People's Congress decided that March 12 of each year should be China's tree planting day.
Tree planting day in the world
Tree planting day is not only in China, but also in other countries.
Japan: tree planting day and green week are held every spring. Greening week includes street greening day, house greening day, factory greening day, barren mountain greening day, school greening day, greening tree protection day, etc;
North Korea: tree planting day is on March 2 every year;
Mongolia: the second Saturday in May and October each year;
India: National Arbor Day is held in the first week of July every year;
Sri Lanka: since 1977, the 17th of September is the tree planting day;
Thailand: the annual National Day (December 5) is Arbor Day;
Philippines: the second Saturday in September is Arbor Day;
Jordan: January 15 is Arbor Day;
Palestine: January 6 is tree planting day;
Egypt: every September to November is Arbor Day;
USA: every state has its own tree planting day, but due to the climate difference, there is no uniform date in the whole country;
Brazil: September 21 every year is Arbor Day;
Mexico: tree planting day is held in rainy season from June to September every year;
Colombia: October 12 every year is Arbor Day;
El Salvador: arbor day and teachers' Day are held on June 21 every year;
France: March is the legal greening month, and March 31 is the tree planting day;
UK: the national tree planting week is from January 6 to 12 every year;
Italy: January 21 is the tree planting day every year;
Bulgaria: traditional forest week is held from 2 to 8 April every year;
Sweden: Forest week is held in March every year;
Finland: June 24 is Arbor Day.