China Arbor Day is scheduled for March 12 every year, which is a festival determined by legislation in order to stimulate people's enthusiasm for forest planting, promote land greening and protect the ecological environment on which human beings depend.

In China, Tomb-Sweeping Day was designated as Arbor Day in 19 15, which was first proposed by Lin Daoyang, and then changed to March 12 in 1928. This setting has been used in Chinese mainland and Taiwan Province Province of China.

In order to stimulate people's enthusiasm for afforestation and make people's afforestation campaign more systematic and targeted, since 2009, the National Greening Committee has formulated a festival theme for China Arbor Day.

The origin of Arbor Day

In ancient China, there was a tradition of inserting willows and planting trees in Tomb-Sweeping Day. The earliest roadside tree planting in history was initiated by a man named Wei Xiaokuan in Shaanxi more than 400 years ago.

After Wei Xiaokuan took office, he found that the soil platform had many shortcomings. After weathering by wind and sun, especially by rain, it is easy to collapse and needs frequent maintenance, which not only increases the state expenditure, but also makes the people suffer from hard work, which is time-consuming, laborious and inconvenient.

After investigation and understanding, Wei Xiaokuan resolutely ordered all the places where earthen platforms were set on Yongzhou Road to replant a locust tree instead of earthen platforms. In this way, it not only does not lose its marking and sliding functions, but also provides shelter for pedestrians and does not need maintenance. Wei Xiaokuan's practice is undoubtedly an important measure to benefit Mulberry, reduce the burden on the people in his hometown and benefit the country and the people.