Arbor Day commemorates whose historical origin.

The purpose of planting trees is to protect the environment and improve the air quality. At the same time, it can also play a role in consolidating the soil. Isn't Arbor Day coming soon? Do you know who Arbor Day is to commemorate? What are the historical origins? Then let's use the old calendar to see it!

Who commemorates Arbor Day?

March 12 every year is the Arbor Day in China and the anniversary of the death of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. The reason why this day is designated as Arbor Day is that this season is conducive to planting trees, and in memory of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, who has been advocating afforestation. Dr. Sun Yat-sen is a great forerunner of China's democratic revolution. He devoted his life to transforming China and made indelible contributions in history.

In Dr. Sun Yat-sen's former residence, there is still a Honolulu sour bean tree, which is over 100 years old today. This is 1883. Sun Yat-sen, who was only 17 years old, brought it back from Honolulu, USA and planted it here himself.

Sun Yat-sen was the first person in the modern history of China who recognized the importance of forests and advocated afforestation. 1893, Dr. Sun Yat-sen personally drafted the famous political document "Li Shang Li Hongzhang Book", and he proposed that if China wants to be strong, it is necessary to "promote agriculture urgently and restore art".

After the Revolution of 1911, Dr. Sun Yat-sen put forward the plan of large-scale afforestation in North China and Central China, and planned the prospect of agricultural modernization. 1924, in a speech in Guangzhou, he emphasized: "We realize that the fundamental way to prevent floods and droughts is to build forests and build forests on a large scale throughout the country."

Since then, Sun Yat-sen has repeatedly emphasized the harmfulness of deforestation and the importance of afforestation in many books and speeches.

19 15 years, at the initiative of sun yat-sen, the then Beiyang government officially announced that Tomb-Sweeping Day was designated as Arbor Day every year, and since then, there has been Arbor Day in China. Later, it was too late in Tomb-Sweeping Day to plant trees in southern China. In order to commemorate Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the National Government decided to designate the date of his death-March 12 as Arbor Day.

1979, the Fifth National People's Congress decided to designate the first anniversary of Sun Yat-sen's death-March 12 as China Arbor Day to commemorate Dr. Sun Yat-sen, who has always advocated afforestation.

The Historical Origin of Arbor Day

Modern Arbor Day was originally initiated by Nebraska, USA. Before the19th century, Nebraska was a barren plain with few trees and yellow sand all over the sky, and people suffered greatly. 1872, Julius Sterling Moreton, a famous American agronomist, proposed to stipulate Arbor Day in Nebraska to mobilize people to plant trees in a planned way.

At that time, the state agricultural bureau adopted this proposal through a resolution, and the governor personally designated the third Wednesday in April as Arbor Day. In the next 16 years, 600 million trees were planted one after another, which finally turned Nebraska's 654.38+10,000 hectares of wilderness into dense forests.

In recognition of Moreton's achievements, in 1885, the state legislature officially stipulated that the annual Arbor Day would be April 22nd, that is, Mr. Moreton's birthday, and there would be one day off. Later, after discussion, the world's first Arbor Day stamp was issued in 1932, with two children planting trees on it.