Chinese Holidays - Chinese Tree Planting Day

As you know, fresh air, pure oxygen is the merit of plants and greenery on our planet Thanks to the peculiarities of their structure, trees purify the air on the planet from carbon dioxide, dust and other pollutants and give the inhabitants of the Earth fresh, pure oxygen This is understood as nowhere else in China Thus, thanks to the revolutionary Sun Yat-sen, a special Tree Planting Day was established in China in 1981, in which every adult resident of the country is obliged to take part This man fought, among other things, for greening the country - on his initiative, residents of the PRC organized actions to plant green spaces Since then, it has been established at the legislative level that any citizen from 11 to 60 years of age is obliged to plant at least three trees a year And if for some reason this is impossible, he must do other work that helps preserve greenery in his state - he can plant flowers, water and cultivate existing plants, and so on It must be said that the people of China approached such an initiative quite responsibly And today, since the advent of Arbor Day, more than 50 billion seedlings have been planted in China About 500 million Chinese take part in this event every year It’s no wonder that China is famous for its magnificent scale, grandiose in quantitative characteristics of the plants and gardens represented in them Designers from China are improving the vegetation around private homes, in parks and squares all over the world After all, the ability to love and appreciate nature, trees, plants is inherent in every resident of this country from childhood This initiative is widely used in America and Taiwan You need to understand that when using the Earth's resources, you must not forget to repay your debt to it After all, its resources are finite and are not replenished at such a rapid pace as they are used Wood plays a big role in human life - in addition to the fact that it gives us oxygen, we use wood as a building material, paper and furniture are made from wood, dry wood is used all over the world as a means of heating a room The Chinese understand better than anyone the importance and timeliness of Arbor Day After all, every day like this brings the country millions of new young seedlings Of course, not everyone takes root - but with proper care for each planted tree, the percentage of favorable growth from it into an adult, useful tree only increases Thus, the residents of this prosperous country are addressing the shortage of certain raw materials Arbor Day in China is celebrated annually on March 12th