The origin of Arbor Day

March 12 is the anniversary of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's death. Sun Yat-sen attached great importance to forestry construction before his death. Shortly after the establishment of the Nanjing government of the Republic of China, in May 19 12, he established the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, under which he set up the Mountain Forest Department, which was in charge of the State Forestry Administration.

Hundreds of years ago, Yugoslavia issued a law stipulating that each newly married couple must first plant 70 olive trees. Some areas, such as Kagoshima, Japan, also require newlyweds to plant trees. There is a monument next to the tree indicating the name and wedding date, and it can only be cut down after 50 years of planting. At that time, tree planting couples can hold their 50th wedding anniversary celebration.

According to the law in Java, Indonesia, two trees should be planted for the first marriage and five trees for divorce. You must plant 3 trees for the second marriage, otherwise you will not be registered.

There is a special rule in Japan to plant trees by adding cars. Anyone who adds a car without permission should plant a tree. This is because every car emits a lot of toxic hydrocarbons every year, making noise, and trees are natural "disinfectors" and "silencers", so trees must be planted.

Planting trees in Tanzania, Africa, has the custom of "planting trees in Tanzania", that is, whoever gives birth to a child will bury the placenta in the field outside the door and plant a tree there to express the hope that the child will grow sturdily like a tree.

Genealogy, some places in Poland stipulate that every family with children should plant three trees, which is called "genealogy".

Tree Bank: In order to prevent the destruction of trees by construction projects, Japan has set up a "tree bank". All construction units must timely store the trees with roots dug out by site cleaning in the "tree bank". After the completion of the project, the unit must take out the trees and plant them in time to maintain the original green area.

Courtship tree, in Bonn, Germany, every year in the planting season, the young man will give the girl a carefully selected birch seedling and plant it himself to show his love. People call it the "courtship tree".